The presidents of the Mercosur Member and Associate States expressed strong support for Argentina's claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands in the framework of the 56th Summit of Heads of State, which was held by videoconference.
This was expressed by the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Member States), as well as Bolivia, Chile and Colombia (Associate States) in the Joint Communiqué approved during the meeting held on July 2 in Asunción.
In the Joint Communiqué, the Heads of State “reaffirmed the terms of the Declaration of the Presidents of the Mercosur Member States, the Republic of Bolivia and the Republic of Chile, signed on June 25, 1996 in Potrero de los Funes, Argentine Republic, known as ‘Malvinas Declaration’, and reiterated their support for the legitimate rights of the Argentine Republic in the sovereignty dispute concerning the Question of the Malvinas Islands”.
In addition, they highlighted that “the adoption of unilateral measures is not compatible with what was agreed in the United Nations”, and recalled “the regional interest that the prolonged sovereignty dispute between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces, reach, as soon as possible, a solution in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions and the declarations of the Organization of American States, Mercosur, and from other regional and multilateral forums”.
“Argentina appreciates the renewed support of Mercosur in this claim, stresses that historically the bloc has maintained this position regarding the Malvinas Question and particularly appreciates that our brothers in the region reiterate their call to the United Kingdom to negotiate in the terms proposed by the resolutions of the United Nations”, said the Secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and the South Atlantic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Daniel Filmus.
