# Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration

https://mins.news/en/item/78026

- BBC News, 2026-09-29 03:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5yj1835y1wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> President Javier Milei has given the Sea Lion oilfield project a two-week deadline to stop, threatening international arbitration and possible action at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea against the UK. The joint British-Israeli venture says it has valid British licences, as tensions over the islands’ sovereignty rise.

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