Malvinas veterans and opposition politicians have excoriated President Javier Milei’s government after it announced on Tuesday that Argentina is resuming negotiations with the U.K. over humanitarian work, fisheries, and flights to the islands.

Critics argue the negotiations make major concessions to the U.K. on sovereignty of the islands — and treat the delicate humanitarian work of identifying fallen soldiers as a bargaining chip.

Foreign Minister Diana Mondino met with the U.K.’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Tuesday in New York, where the United Nations Summit of the Future had just taken place. Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said afterward that the negotiations had happened “in the framework of a renewed stage for bilateral relations, characterized by dialogue and building trust.”

Mondino and Lammy agreed that a third phase of Red Cross work to identify fallen Argentine soldiers buried on the islands would begin, monthly flights from Córdoba province to the islands would resume, a trip for relatives of the fallen would be organized this year, and that the countries would discuss fisheries conservation.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday that it was ready to continue the work of identifying the remains of soldiers killed during the 1982 Malvinas War “with the aim of helping to bring some........

© Buenos Aires Herald