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Lord Cameron visits Falkland Islands in show of strength despite fresh calls from Argentina over the islands’ future
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LORD Cameron today visited the Falkland Islands in a show of strength - despite fresh calls from Argentina over the islands' future.
The Foreign Secretary said that Britain's ownership of the Falklands is "not up for discussion".
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He arrived at Mount Pleasant airbase and will pay his respects at some of the key battlefields of the 1982 Falklands War.
Cameron is the first foreign secretary to visit the Falklands for 30 years.
His trip comes after Argentina's far-right president Javier Milei called for Britain to hand over the islands.
Cameron said: "The Falkland Islands are a valued part of the British family.
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"We are clear that as long as they want to remain part of the family, the issue of sovereignty will not be up for discussion."
Last month Cameron and Milei had a "warm and cordial" meeting at the Davos summit in Switzerland.
The Foreign Office said that Britain and Argentina would "agree to disagree" about the Falklands - and "do so politely".
Cameron's visit is the first by a Cabinet minister since then defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon's trip in 2016.
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The last foreign secretary to visit the Falklands was Douglas Hurd in 1994.
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In a 2013 referendum, islanders voted overwhelmingly to stay part of the UK.
What was the Falklands War?
ARGENTINA's dictator General Galtieri ordered his troops to invade the British-owned Falkland Islands in 1982.
The Falklands are about 8,000 miles from Britain and 300 miles from Argentina - where they are known as Islas Malvinas.
Galtieri's invasion was a cynical bid to distract Argentines from his brutal rule and the country's tanking economy.
A Royal Navy task force set sail from Portsmouth to take back the south Atlantic islands.
Tragedy struck when the Argentines sank HMS Sheffield with a French-made Exocet missile, killing 20 British sailors.
But the task force eventually landed on the island - before getting bogged down in hand-to-hand fighting.
British troops battled through the Argentine lines at Goose Green in punishing Antarctic conditions.
They cut off the Argentine garrison, finally raising the Union Flag at Port Stanley.
Power-mad thug Galtieri was humiliated - and civilian rule returned to Argentina the following year.
The war claimed the lives of 255 British servicemen, three islanders and 649 Argentinian personnel.
Many of the Argentine troops who died were on board the Belgrano warship.
A Royal Navy submarine sunk the Belgrano as it sailed away from the Falklands, sparking controversy back in the UK.
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