The British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Argentina of colonialism over the Falkland Islands. The two countries fought a war in 1982 over the British territory in the South Atlantic, which Argentina calls the Malvinas. Our political correspondent James Landale reports from Westminster.
英国首相卡梅隆谴责阿根廷对福克兰岛执行殖民主义,两国于1982年在南大西洋就英国领土问题展开一战,当时阿根廷称福克兰岛为玛尔维娜岛屿,BBC政治记者James Landale在威斯敏斯特报道。
Almost 30 years on from the Falklands conflict, tensions are once again rising in the South Atlantic. British energy companies are discovering oil near the islands. Argentina has persuaded neighbouring countries to close their ports to ships flying the Falklands flag, and the rhetoric out of Buenos Aires is heating up. So today David Cameron pushed back, sending what he called a clear message.
两国在福克兰岛冲突的30年后,南大西洋领域的紧张局势重现。英国能源公司在岛屿附近探测到石油,阿根廷劝说邻国对悬挂福克兰旗帜的船只关闭海港,布宜诺斯艾利斯当局对此以言辞巧辩。对此卡梅隆予以反击,发布他称之为“明确的表态”。
"The key point is we support the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination, and what the Argentinians have been saying recently, I would argue, is actually far more like colonialism because these people want to remain British and the Argentinians want them to do something else." Argentina's Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo described Mr Cameron's remarks as totally offensive.