The Sun has published an open letter advert in an Argentine paper warning the country to keep their "hands off" the Falklands. It is in response to president Cristina Kirchner's call on Britain to hand them over in an open letter ad in The Guardian.
The newspaper reports that the Government is aware of at least a dozen "incidents of disruption or intimidation on cruise liners" since mid November, and cites a Foreign Office minister as calling on militants to “allow cruise ships to travel without threats or hindrance".
The incidents apparently include ships being refused entry to Argentine ports, ransacking of the offices of shipping companies and operators being forced to alter or abandon their itineraries.
A protester sets fire to the paper with The Sun advert Credit: Reuters
Activists have set fire to copies of the English-language Buenos Aires Herald newspaper as they burn an advert taken out by British tabloid newspaper The Sun, that defends Britain's right to govern the Falkland Islands.
The advert taken out by The Sun burns in Argentina Credit: Reuters
'Hands off': Sun posts Falklands retort in Argentine paper
The Sun Newspaper posted an advert in the a Buenos Aires Herald. Credit: The Sun newspaper
The Sun has posted an advert in a Buenos Aires newspaper to "hit back" at the Argentine president over her letter about the Falkland Islands to David Cameron.
The newspaper's response, published in Spanish and English, was addressed to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
David Cameron said Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner should respect the outcome of the referendum on the Falkland Islands set to be held later this year.
The Prime Minister said if Falkland Islanders wanted to remain part of Britain, they would have his "100 per cent backing".
Argentina's President Kirchner published an open letter to David Cameron today calling for Britain to "abide by the resolutions of the United Nations" in order to restore the islands' "territorial integrity".
New Kirchner letter follows June 2012 G20 incident
Argentine President Kirchner shows Prime Minister David Cameron a document at the G20 summit. Credit: Argentinian Presidency
In June 2012, Argentina's President Kirchner attempted to thrust into the hands of David Cameron documents which called for UN talks on the sovereignty of the Falklands Islands.
The envelope which contained a letter outlining the UN resolution on the Falklands. Credit: Argentinian Presidency
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner posted the letter as an advert in the Guardian. Credit: Guardian
The Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said in a letter to David Cameron, via a newspaper advert, that the colonial power of Britain has "refused to return the territories [the Falkland Islands] to the Argentine Republic, thus preventing it from restoring its territorial integrity."
