UK PM Digs In Over Falklands As Oil Revives Tension - Report

27th Jun 2010 12:03

LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will tell the president of Argentina that the sovereignty of the Falklands Islands isn't up for discussion during the Group of 20 summit in Canada this weekend, the Independent on Sunday reports, citing a U.K. source close to the talks. The move follows Argentina's success in persuading a United Nations committee to call for talks on the islands' future. U.K. oil exploration company Rockhopper Exploration PLC (RKH.LN) said earlier this month there are positive signs of oil being discovered in the waters around the South Atlantic islands. The newspaper says Cameron will meet briefly with President Cristina Fernandez de Kitchner to make it clear the U.K.'s position on the Falklands will not change. U.K. officials will argue the status of the islands shouldn't be changed without the residents' consent, and that the inhabitants want them to remain under U.K.control, the newspaper writes. Newspaper Web site: www.independent.co.uk -London Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9320 (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 27, 2010 07:03 ET (11:03 GMT)