Falkland islanders are sick of being used as ‘political footballs and pawns on a chessboard’, said one islander today as it emerged US President Donald Trump may back Argentina in its claim for sovereignty.
Speaking after a leaked Pentagon memo revealed Mr Trump was considering backing Argentina’s longstanding demand to take over the British territory, Ronnie MacLennan Baird said islanders were fed up of ‘being talked about and not being talked to’.
With Argentina also renewing its calls for talks on the future of the South Atlantic islands, the freelance journalist, who works on the local radio station in Port Stanley, said:
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