Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration

Image source, Reuters By Will Grant BBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent Published 10 minutes ago Argentina's president has threatened to launch a legal challenge against the British government unless it halts oil exploration work off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

In a social media post, President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project, a joint venture between Israeli and British companies, to be scrapped.

The companies insist they have valid licences issued by Britain.

The comments heighten tensions between the UK and Argentina over the sovereignty of the archipelago, known in Argentina as Las Malvinas, more than 40 years after a British military task force ejected Argentine forces which had invaded the territory in 1982.