Minister: UK would defend Falklands
Updated on 13 June 2007
Britain remains committed to defending the Falkland Islands 25 years after their liberation, the Armed Forces Minister said.
As he arrived for events to mark the anniversary of victory in the Falklands War, Adam Ingram said Britain still had the power to repel an invasion of the islands despite commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But he insisted that despite renewed noises from Buenos Aires pressing Argentina's claim and "diplomatic and economic pressure" on the British Overseas Territory, there was "no prospect" of a repeat of the 1982 conflict.
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