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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Photo from Times Online

Downing Street has rejected an offer from the US to help the UK and Argentina resolve their latest dispute over the Falkland Islands.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the offer after renewed tensions were triggered by a UK decision to drill for oil near the islands.

A spokesman for Gordon Brown said he welcomed her comments but did not think her direct involvement was necessary.

Read more ….

US ignores Argentine call for Falklands mediation — Yahoo News/AFP
Falklands Row: UK Refuses US Help Offer — Sky News
Clinton sidesteps mediation role in Falklands dispute — Yahoo News/AFP
Clinton meeting with Kirchner adds to British unease over Falklands — Times Online
Hillary Clinton offers to help solve Falklands dispute — The Telegraph
Clinton Urges Talks on the Falkland Islands — New York Times
Clinton: US will help resolve Falklands oil row — The Guardian
US offers to mediate in Falkland oil dispute — Financial Times
US ignores Argentine call for Falklands mediation — AFP
Argentina tightens Falklands security grip — UPI
Hillary Clinton slaps Britain in the face over the Falklands — The Telegraph

My Comment: The British have made it very clear …. they want no US involvement in what they consider as a purely internal affair.

Lack of support: Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at a ceremony at the White House last night. America has not offered its support to the UK in the Falklands oil drilling row

* Hillary Clinton ‘prepared to mediate’ in Falklands row
* Spanish oil company to drill near Falklands

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