# Milei announces navy base after British oil exploration near Falklands

https://mins.news/en/video/44862

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-04 05:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x0pGlX5Tl8

> Argentine President Javier Milei escalated the longstanding dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, praising Donald Trump for suggesting the United States might reconsider its traditional neutrality on the islands’ sovereignty. He also pledged new steps to stop an offshore oil project near the British-controlled archipelago.

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