Britain rejects Argentine claim to the Falklands

THE government has firmly rejected Argentina's recent claims to the Falkland Islands, MPs were told yesterday.

In a written statement, junior foreign office minister Chris Bryant said the UK had "no doubt" about its sovereignty over the Falklands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding seas, as well as the British Antarctic Territory.

The Foreign Office delivered a "note verbale" to the Argentine charge d'affaires in London outlining the UK's rejection.

Shadow foreign minister David Lidington said: "We fully support the government in rejecting any Argentine law that purports to include the Falkland Islands and other British overseas territories. They are sovereign to the UK."