Argentina to file criminal case against oil company operating in Falklands - BBC News

The move comes days after President Javier Milei stepped up Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falklands.

Image source, REUTERS/Mariana NedelcuImage caption, Argentine President Javier Milei said that oil companies drilling off the Falklands would face sanctions

The Argentine government has said that it will file criminal charges against oil company Navitas Petroleum for operating in seas off the Falkland Islands.

The move came just days after Argentine President Javier Milei said he would sanction oil companies drilling in the British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean.

Reacting to the news, Foreign Office Minister Kirsty McNeill insisted that there could be "no doubt" about the British government's commitment to the Falkland Islanders.

Sovereignty of the archipelago remains disputed between the UK and Argentina more than 40 years after a British military task force ejected Argentine forces which had invaded the territory in 1982.