A translation of this very sticky situation between Britain and Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas.
Hillary agreed to mediate for Falklands
Secretary of State said he would like to see Argentina and Britain at a table talking. Also reviewed the bilateral agenda and only disagreed about the situation in Honduras. The meeting was held in Buenos Aires.
In response to a request made to President Cristina Kirchner, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, agreed to mediate in the new open conflict between Argentina and Britain, in this case by the exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Falklands. "We agree, we would see them sitting around discussing this issue," Hillary agreed after the meeting that they held at the Casa Rosada. While both agreed that kept indoors as a counterpoint to the case of Honduras, gestures of friendship abounded before and after the meeting. The first, which ultimately would have been in Buenos Aires.
Hillary Clinton decided its scale Buenos Aires on Sunday night, while in flight to Montevideo. Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana had never been entirely happy with the meeting between the President and Secretary of State was made on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of Joseph "Pepe" Mujica, Uruguay, and had remained in contact with the Deputy Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs, Arturo Valenzuela, in order to get the American entourage moved to the Casa Rosada. Also, the U.S. ambassador in Buenos Aires, Vilma Martinez, worked in pursuit of that goal. The number of misunderstandings in recent times ended in the bilateral relationship to convince Hillary to give consent.
The meeting lasted almost two hours in which they only talked.
Moreover, pose for photos again and again. Reviewed the bilateral agenda that has many points of contact, where the two foreign ministries are working together. It during the press conference: humanitarian aid in Haiti, the struggle against international terrorism, the stimulus policies against the global economic crisis and nuclear safety programs. This last point is a special concern of President Barack Obama, who organized a special summit to address it next month in Washington, which invited Cristina Kirchner. Yesterday could not confirm whether the two presidents will meet the coincidence there.
But the news was the new scenario created in the Malvinas (Falklands) case. "We have requested a U.S. mediation as a friend of both countries for the purpose of sitting and handling of negotiations under the provisions of the United Nations," revealed the President of Argentina. Bother to make clear that what was intended "does not detract one iota" of what regularly is approved in the United Nations and its Committee on Decolonization. So, he made clear that these talks on sovereignty would be met "the interests of the inhabitants of the islands."
Since last week, the State Department proclaimed a "neutral" in the conflict and that in the case of countries to request, not rejecting mediation.Yesterday, at a question, Hillary Clinton would not or did not know in detail what might be his task. "We want to see them sitting at a table, but we have no way of forcing" he said.
Secretary of State did not specify why he decided to add Buenos Aires as a new point in his Latin American tour, but said "be pleased" to have been able to come and stressed that she would spend the night in the country before proceeding route to Chile.
An American journalist Cristina Kirchner asked whether the meeting had discussed their statements to CNN, where he spoke of a "disappointment" regional management for Obama because of his position before the coup in Honduras. The President said he did not usually discuss their stories to those who visited but acknowledged that the issue Honduras had been part of the agenda and had shown differences. "It is well known that both countries have different views," he said, noting as a sign of maturity that could have been talking openly about this issue.
Hillary said the same. "We had a very frank exchange of ideas and very open," he acknowledged. He described the U.S. position, which strongly seeks international recognition for the elected president Porfirio Lobo. "I believe that free and fair elections held in Honduras indicated that it has reached the next page for that country. In any case, the way we talk is an indication of the fluid relationship the two countries. The points of agreement outweigh the disagreements, "marked by showing the weather that marked the meeting.ld have been talking openly about this issue.
Meeting between the President and Secretary of State participated Taiana Chancellor, the chief of staff, Anibal Fernandez, Secretary General of the Presidency, Oscar Parrilli, the Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo, the justice minister, Julio Alak; the economy minister, Amado Boudou, and the U.S. ambassador, Hector Timerman. Alongside Hillary Clinton were the Ambassador Martinez, Minister of the embassy, Thomas Kelly, Secretary Valenzuela, the United States representative at the OAS, Carmen Lomellin, the director of Latin American Affairs of the National Security Council, Luis Rosello, and Several State Department officials, including Jake Sullivan, Philippe Reines and Hum Abedin.