UK PM Burnham Tells Trump Britain Will Stand Firm on Falklands

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that Britain will stand firm over the Falkland Islands, defending the islanders' right to self-determination and to remain British. Burnham delivered the message directly to Trump during a meeting at the United Nations, following Trump's August announcement that he was reviewing the US's neutral position on the archipelago and Argentine President Javier Milei's threat to sanction oil companies drilling there. The prime minister said Trump understood Britain's clear position, which comes amid heightened tensions over the remote South Atlantic territory's sovereignty.


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