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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
I hope the Argentianians and others who support them accept the referendum result, in their favour or not!
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They won't. They already accept the people living on the islands want to remain British, they just don't accept they have any say in the matter. They erroneously claim that the inhabitants have no right to occupy 'their' land despite the fact they have no legal or historical claim, other than proximity, to the islands.
This is just to send a message to Argentina, and the world, that the islands will remain British and will make it easier to argue that the UN's policy of right of self-determination should be respected if it's ever brought to the UN.