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Argentina protests new Falklands exploration program

02/15/2010
By Eric Watkins
Argentina's government lodged a protest with UK's government over plans by UK firms to begin oil exploration off the north coast of the long-disputed Falkland Islands.Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said his country "firmly rejects" UK plans for exploration in the Argentine continental shelf area. "We will do everything necessary to defend and preserve our rights," Taiana said.He reiterated what he called Argentina's "sovereignty over the Falklands, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands and adjoining maritime spaces, which are an integral part of its national territory."Last year, the Argentine foreign ministry presented the UN with 40 volumes o...
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