London, Jan. 17 (EFE).- United Kingdom Foreign Minister David Cameron’s meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei in Davos on Wednesday was “warm and cordial” and served to lay the groundwork for a “more constructive relationship” between the United Kingdom and Argentina, a UK Foreign Office spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Conservative prime minister, now Foreign Secretary, and the newly inaugurated Argentine president met in the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Foreign Secretary and President Milei discussed how to enhance UK-Argentina relations through greater cooperation on areas of mutual interest including trade, education, culture and enhancing people-to-people links,” the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main point of contention between the two countries is the dispute over a group of small islands off the southern tip of South America, which Britain administers as the Falkland Islands and Argentina claims sovereignty over as the Islas Malvinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cameron and Milei said they would “agree to disagree and do so politely,” according to the Foreign Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The UK position and ongoing support for the Falkland Islanders\u2019 right to self-determination remains unchanged,” the spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
London and Buenos Aires clashed in a short war over the South Atlantic islands in 1982 after the Argentine military junta seized them by force on April 2 that year, but the conflict ended only a couple of months later with a British victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United Nations considers the islands to be a non-self-governing territory that is under the supervision of its Special Committee on Decolonization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milei has previously argued that the UK should adopt a similar approach to the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. EFE <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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