"Britain has twice proposed to restore English sovereignty over the Falklands," said former Deputy Foreign Minister Cisneros.

April 2, 2019

Andrés Cisneros, former Argentine deputy minister, spoke with Lanata Sin Filtro at 37 years of the Falklands war: "They proposed to recognize the sovereignty immediately and to make it effective in 100 years".

In a new anniversary of the armed confrontation developed in 1982, the former Vice Chancellor Andrés Cisneros He spoke with Lanata Without Filter on the relations between Argentina and Great Britain with regard to the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands: "Twice, Britain has offered to restore English sovereignty to the Falklands and failed because of the Argentines' decision"

"The first time, it was in the third Peron government. They offered to restore sovereignty immediately and make it effective in 100 years. A few weeks later, Perón is dead. The second offer was made by Margaret Thatcher, who sent a vice-chancellor in September or October 1981 with a similar offer to the previous one and the Argentine government replied that if the realization took place at the end of this year, " said Cisneros.

The former deputy minister stressed that "after the Second World War, the United Nations committed itself to decolonization. In America, there was Belize and Malvinas. There was a favorable wind for them to retire. There were feelings of going back and forth in Britain. There was a wounded pride after the war, namely that they were short of empire, why drop these islands in search of a country that had not supported democracy?which was ruled by the Peronists. "

Cisneros pointed out that "in 1982," everyone knew that the Falklands war The military government was sinking and they were looking for a heroic issue"