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ARGENTINA VOWS TO PROSECUTE FALKLANDS OIL FIRMS
18:13 | 2013-02-06
TEHRAN (FNA)- Argentina will continue legal action against energy
firms working off the disputed, British-controlled Falkland Islands,
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said on Wednesday.
"We will continue to seek legal action against (these) hydrocarbon
companies ... they are stealing the natural resources of Argentina,"
he told reporters at a news conference in London, Reuters reported.
Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war in 1982 over the Falklands,
part of Britain's self-governing territories, some 300 miles off
Argentina's coast.
Buenos Aires has ramped up efforts to stake its claim to the territory
as London-listed firms seek to tap oil and gas deposits offshore the
islands, known as Las Malvinas in Argentina.
Last March, Argentina said it would take legal action against any
companies involved in oil exploration off the islands.
Timerman, visiting Britain to further his country's claims to the
Falklands, was speaking at a news conference at the Argentine embassy
in London.
He has refused to meet British Foreign Secretary William Hague
to discuss the sovereignty issue due to Britain's insistence that
Falkland islanders also attend the meeting.
Argentina has attempted to make life difficult for British oil
explorers, but its hostility has not deterred companies and the
islands are set to start producing their first oil in 2017.
Rockhopper Exploration has formed a $1 billion partnership with
Premier Oil to pump oil from its find North of the islands.
Last month, another British firm, Borders and Southern Petroleum,
said its gas condensate discovery in the Falkland Islands was also
commercially viable.
18:13 | 2013-02-06
TEHRAN (FNA)- Argentina will continue legal action against energy
firms working off the disputed, British-controlled Falkland Islands,
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said on Wednesday.
"We will continue to seek legal action against (these) hydrocarbon
companies ... they are stealing the natural resources of Argentina,"
he told reporters at a news conference in London, Reuters reported.
Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war in 1982 over the Falklands,
part of Britain's self-governing territories, some 300 miles off
Argentina's coast.
Buenos Aires has ramped up efforts to stake its claim to the territory
as London-listed firms seek to tap oil and gas deposits offshore the
islands, known as Las Malvinas in Argentina.
Last March, Argentina said it would take legal action against any
companies involved in oil exploration off the islands.
Timerman, visiting Britain to further his country's claims to the
Falklands, was speaking at a news conference at the Argentine embassy
in London.
He has refused to meet British Foreign Secretary William Hague
to discuss the sovereignty issue due to Britain's insistence that
Falkland islanders also attend the meeting.
Argentina has attempted to make life difficult for British oil
explorers, but its hostility has not deterred companies and the
islands are set to start producing their first oil in 2017.
Rockhopper Exploration has formed a $1 billion partnership with
Premier Oil to pump oil from its find North of the islands.
Last month, another British firm, Borders and Southern Petroleum,
said its gas condensate discovery in the Falkland Islands was also
commercially viable.