Argentina in UN protest at warship in Falklands

ARGENTINA’S President Cristina Fernandez last night vowed to complain formally to the UN Security Council about Britain sending one of its most modern warships to the Falkland Islands.

Ms Fernandez accused Prime Minister David Cameron of “militarising” their long dispute over the islands in the South Atlantic. She asked him to “give peace a chance”.

And she urged Britain to comply with UN resolutions calling on both sides to negotiate the islands’ sovereignty.

The two sides have ramped up the rhetoric in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the war, which broke out on 2 April, 1982, when the ruling junta in Buenos Aires invaded the islands in an attempt to end British rule.

In December, Mercosur, a South American trading bloc, closed its ports to ships flying the Falkland Islands flag.

However, Argentina has denounced the deployment of a British warship to the Falklands and the sending of Prince William for a tour of duty as a helicopter pilot.

Ms Fernandez said: “We will present a complaint to the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, as this militarisation poses a grave danger to international security.

“We cannot interpret in any other way the deployment of an ultra-modern destroyer accompanying the heir to the throne, whom we would prefer to see in civilian attire.”