UK and Argentina clash at Hamburg tribunal over Falklands Sea Lion oil drilling
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At the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Argentina said UK approval of the Sea Lion project in the North Falkland basin must be suspended because drilling has deepened a sovereignty dispute that led to war four decades ago. Chief legal adviser Javier Oyarzábal argued the Falklands’ 3,400 residents, a British overseas territory disputed by Buenos Aires, have no right to resources around the archipelago, which Argentina says belong to its 46 million people, including 1,247 born on the islands; he said Argentina is ready to negotiate on the Falklands/Malvinas while accusing the UK of refusing talks and pushing exploitation.
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