defense minister, Jorge Taiana, He endorsed his administration’s alignment with foreign policy, he claimed Sovereign claims over the Falkland Islands. The South Atlantic Peace Zone has a problem and That problem is called the United Kingdom and I invite them to seize it Malvinas Islands and their marine expanses”, when opening a conference at the National Defense University.
“Latin America remains a region of peace and the South Atlantic must be a region of peace,” Taiana said, insisting that Great Britain’s position “is what Tension is born It prevents peace and progress in cooperation between the countries of the South Atlantic.”
We are not, and the problem is not in the south. The problem is in the north and in trying to preserve the old colonial structures In the twenty-first century, the Secretary of Defense announced.
Taiana has established its position by launching a symposium that will conclude, before the end of the year, with the preparation of the 2023 Argentine Defense White Paper, which will collect data and a status report on defense policies and the armed forces. The Vice-Chancellor, Pablo Titanante, participated in the opening of the conference with members of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Defence.
The minister endorsed sovereignty claims and UN resolutions and affirmed that the Argentine position “is related to the orientation that we believe of our armed forces, which is the deployment in the territory and the orientation towards the South Atlantic islands, Antarctica, marine spaces and the entire Argentine projection.”
In this regard, he referred to the recent measures promoted by the government to strengthen the presence of the armed forces in the Patagonian region.
Argentina is a country with two continents and its center is Ushuaia. We have always believed that it is in Cordoba, but we must have the ability to believe that it is farther south and that is why we have more activities in the Antarctic expeditions.”
Thus, the decision included the restoration of the Petrel base in Antarctica and the transfer of three research laboratories and shelters to the White Continent, as well as the strengthening of the integrated naval base in Ushuaia, the presence of the army in Tolhwin and the air brigade. in Río Gallegos and a new radar in Rio Grande, among other recent measures.
“We want to put another radar halfway through, maybe in Trelew. And we’re going up the second line of radar, with instruments in Tostado (Santa Fe), Mercedes and Villaguay. Heading south, Antarctica and the South Atlantic is a key task and it requires equipment,” the defense minister said. .