Falklands : Argentina turns to Wales to help betray the Falklands
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 24.06.2012 (Article Archived on 08.07.2012)
Argentine diplomats have held talks with a Welsh nationalist about trying to win support among British MPs for the country's bid to win sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
30 Years after Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram bombings Argentina turns to Wales for help with Falkland Islands
Editorial Comments by J. Brock (FINN)
Argentine diplomats have held talks with a Welsh nationalist about trying to win support among British MPs for the country's bid to win sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
In the past six months diplomats from the Argente embassy in London have invited senior representatives from Plaid Cymru for talks. According to an article in the Telegraph Elfyn Llwyd MP, the Westminster leader of the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru party, met with two senior Argentinian diplomats for coffee. Mr Llwyd confirmed the meeting had taken place, but he said he firmly rebuffed the approach to join Argentina’s campaign.
He told Christopher Hope of The Daily Telegraph "I expressed no interest in getting involved in this fraught matter. They were trying to get me to introduce them to sympathetic MPs."
During the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina 30 years ago, there were Welsh language speakers in both sets of troops. Buenos Aires is thought to have been trying to capitalise on historical links between Wales and Argentina.
The Falklands Islands Government is planning to hold a referendum next year in a bid to see off the increasingly aggressive claim from Argentina on the islands.
No one was available to comment from the Argentinian embassy in London on Wednesday. The Foreign Office declined to comment.
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