Venezuela balks at British warship deployment over Falkland Islands

The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned, through a statement, the provocative and intimidating actions by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland against Argentina, as regards the Falkland Islands (Malvinas Islands).

"The decision to deploy a warship to the Falkland Islands, along with the aggressive statements by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Minister William Hague against the Argentine government and people shows an unacceptable attitude of the British government which is repudiated by Latin American and Caribbean countries," read a statement released by Venezuela's Foreign Ministry.

The Venezuelan Government urges the Government of the United Kingdom to set aside "the aggressiveness and arrogance, which are a consequence of its shaky colonial past and to fulfill the terms contained in repeated statements of the United Nations General Assembly, which oblige it to negotiate a peaceful and final solution to the dispute over the Malvinas Islands."