Sharing a screenshot of a note that highlights the country’s support for the inhabitants of the Antarctic islands and the intention to open direct flights between Montevideo and the Malvinas, the former Argentine official maintained that “Lacalle Pou’s main objective is to show his contempt for Argentina.”
“It is a provocation to a claim that they have always shared. Malvinas fishing boats and planes use Montevideo on a daily basis. I claimed it personally in olives in 2021,” said Solá, adding that the government coalition “betrays the legacy of Artigas”.
The note of discord
The article shared by the former foreign minister recounts the trip that the deputies made Peter Jisdonian of the National Party (NP), Philip Schipani of the Colorado Party (PC), Silvana Perez Bonavita of Open Town Hall (CA) and Luis Gonzalez of the Independent Party (PI); to the Falkland Islands together with the British ambassador in Uruguay, Faye O’Connor.
In the note, the media specialized in news about the Islands talks about the “collaborationism of the Uruguayan right in favor of the British colonial advance in the maritime and insular territory of Argentina in the South Atlantic”; and cites the CA legislator, who stated that “her dream is to have a direct flight between Montevideo and falklands”, within the framework of the long tradition of Uruguay in “respecting the right of self-determination of peoples, the freedom of countries and International Law”.
Source: Ambito
