Argentina to bring Falklands dispute to UN Security Council

Feb 9, 2012, 21:08 GMT

New York - Argentina will officially present the case of what it called the 'militarization of the South Atlantic' by Britain to the United Nations Security Council, the country's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

Foreign Minister Hector Marcos Timerman will meet Friday at UN headquarters in New York with the president of the 15-nation council, Togo's UN Ambassador Kodjo Menan, to present a complaint about the dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

Timerman will hold a press conference to present the case, the Argentine mission to the UN said. Argentina claims the Falklands in the South Atlantic as its territory.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in recent weeks charged Britain with enhancing its military presence on the islands and threatened to bring the case to the UN. London denies the allegations.

Argentina and Britain fought a 74-day war 30 years ago. Argentine troops landed on April 2, 1982, in the Falklands, triggering a conflict with Britain, which dispatched a naval and amphibious force to remove the Argentine forces.

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