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Argentina vows Falklands' return | Argentina vows Falklands' return |
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Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has said Britain won a "colonial victory" in the Falklands War that was unacceptable in the eyes of the world. | Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has said Britain won a "colonial victory" in the Falklands War that was unacceptable in the eyes of the world. |
Mr Kirchner was speaking on the 25th anniversary of the end of the conflict over the islands in the south Atlantic, that Argentina calls the Malvinas. | Mr Kirchner was speaking on the 25th anniversary of the end of the conflict over the islands in the south Atlantic, that Argentina calls the Malvinas. |
Britain retook the islands on 14 June 1982, two and half months after the UK territory was invaded by Argentina. | Britain retook the islands on 14 June 1982, two and half months after the UK territory was invaded by Argentina. |
Mr Kirchner vowed the islands would return by "peaceful means". | Mr Kirchner vowed the islands would return by "peaceful means". |
Some 255 British servicemen, more than 650 Argentines and three islanders were killed during the war. | Some 255 British servicemen, more than 650 Argentines and three islanders were killed during the war. |
No commemorations | No commemorations |
"The Malvinas are Argentine and they will return to Argentina by peaceful means," President Kirchner said in Buenos Aires. | "The Malvinas are Argentine and they will return to Argentina by peaceful means," President Kirchner said in Buenos Aires. |
He said that Britain "may have won the battle because it's a world power but they will never win by reason or justice". | He said that Britain "may have won the battle because it's a world power but they will never win by reason or justice". |
Unlike in Britain, no major commemorations were held in Argentina on 14 June. | |
The ceremonies in the UK centred at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel in Pangbourne, near London. | The ceremonies in the UK centred at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel in Pangbourne, near London. |
War veterans were joined by the Queen, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Baroness Thatcher, who as the then prime minister dispatched a British naval task force to the Falklands. | War veterans were joined by the Queen, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Baroness Thatcher, who as the then prime minister dispatched a British naval task force to the Falklands. |
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