Madaxweynaha Argentina Milei wuxuu sheegay inuu ku xadgudbayo shirkadaha badeedka ee ku dhufta xeebaha Malvinas
Madaxweynaha Argentina Javier Milei wuxuu maanta sheegay inuu ku xadgudbayo shirkadaha badeedka ee ku dhufta xeebaha Malvinas, isagoo sheegay inuu raadinayo sharci degdeg ah oo adkeeya xadgudubyada shirkadaha aan ogolaansho ka helin Buenos Aires.
Xadgudubyada iyo qorshaha badeedka
Milei wuxuu sheegay in xadgudubyada ay ku xadgudayaan shirkadaha Rockhopper Exploration iyo Navitas Petroleum, kuwaas oo qorsheynaya inay bilowdaan dhufta badeedka sannadka soo socda, iyagoo ujeeddo ku leh 2028.
Shirkadaha ayaa sheegay inay aaminsan yihiin in xadgudubyada cusub ay ku xadgudayaan qorshaha badeedka, balse ay diyaar u yihiin inay sii wadaan howlaha dhufta iyadoo la raacayo waqtigii loo qorsheeyay.
Jawaabta Britain iyo Mareykanka
Wasiirka difaaca Britain Wes Streeting wuxuu sheegay in xadgudubyada Milei ay ku xadgudayaan siyaasadda gudaha Argentina, isagoo sheegay in Malvinas ay yihiin dal Ingiriis ah sababtoo ah dadka ku nool ay doorteen inay noqdaan Ingiriis.
Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Donald Trump wuxuu sheegay inuu eegayo xaaladda, balse wuxuu diiday inuu sheego inuu taageerayo Britain haddii ay dagaal ka dhacaan Malvinas, isagoo ku eedeeyay in Britain ay uusan taageerin dagaalka Iran.
Saameynta siyaasadda gudaha Argentina
Milei wuxuu sheegay in xadgudubyada uu ku xadgudayo inay ku xadgudayaan shuruudaha Qaramada Midoobay, balse wuxuu sheegay inuu raadinayo taageero siyaasadeed oo ka yimaada dadka Argentina.
Warbaahinta ayaa sheegtay in Milei uu ku xadgudayo xaaladda siyaasadeed ee gudaha Argentina, iyadoo qofka lagu eedeeyay inuu ku xadgudayo siyaasadda Trump, halkaas oo lagu tilmaamay inay tahay mid aan la taaban karin.
Argentine President Javier Milei announced sweeping sanctions against oil firms drilling near the Falkland Islands, framing the move as a defence of national sovereignty and a rebuke to Britain.
Sanctions Target Sea Lion Project
Milei said he would seek urgent legislation to penalise companies operating near the islands without Buenos Aires' approval. The sanctions would hit the Sea Lion project, a deep-sea oil field about 220 kilometres north of the archipelago, developed by Rockhopper Exploration and Navitas Petroleum. The firms plan to begin drilling in the coming months and start pumping oil in 2028.
Milei warned that penalties would extend to suppliers, shareholders and directors, potentially barring them from operating in Argentina altogether. He said the sanctions would violate a United Nations resolution urging both nations to avoid unilateral action around the islands. Argentine war veterans and environmental lawyers have already filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the project.
Washington Review and British Rebuttal
Milei presented US President Donald Trump's review of Washington's neutral stance as a vindication of his policies. Trump said he was reviewing every position and declined to say whether the US would back the UK in a future conflict, instead criticising Britain for not supporting the US-led bombing campaign against Iran. Milei said the US was considering a change of position because it knows Argentina has a reliable partner.
British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting dismissed Milei's statement as more about domestic politics than the islands. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the islands are British and will remain so, citing the 2013 referendum in which 99.8 per cent of voters backed remaining under British rule. Argentina rejected the referendum, maintaining it inherited sovereignty from Spain and that Britain has illegally occupied the islands since 1833.
Domestic Politics and Naval Buildup
Milei also announced new funding for a naval base in Tierra del Fuego to bolster Argentina's military presence near the islands. He said Argentina would not stand idly by and that any further advance on the Malvinas Islands would be considered a violation of national security. The Falklands issue is one of the few that unites Argentines across the political spectrum, but Milei's approval ratings have slumped to 34 per cent amid harsh austerity measures.
Opposition MPs accuse Milei of exploiting the dispute for political gain as his libertarian presidency faces growing criticism. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo said the timing owes as much to domestic politics as to Washington. The 1982 war between Britain and Argentina killed more than 900 people from both sides, and the conflict still shapes Argentina's national identity 44 years later.
