# Argentina’s Milei threatens legal action over Falklands oil project

https://mins.news/en/item/78327

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-29 09:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/29/argentinas-milei-threatens-legal-action-over-falklands-oil-project?traffic_source=rss

> Argentine President Javier Milei has given the UK two weeks to halt the Sea Lion oil project off the disputed Falkland Islands or face a request to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Britain and the project’s developers reject Argentina’s claims, while Buenos Aires calls the operations illegal resource plundering.

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