Argentina takes UK to maritime tribunal over Falklands oil exploration
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Argentina has filed a legal claim with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea seeking to halt oil and gas exploration north of the Falkland Islands, which it calls the Malvinas. The move comes a fortnight after President Javier Milei demanded the scrapping of the Sea Lion oilfield project, a British-Israeli joint venture holding an estimated 1.7 billion barrels of oil some 130 miles from the islands. UK Foreign Office minister Uma Kumaran condemned Argentina's "economic coercion" and announced new protections for operating companies.
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