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SG/SM/7068

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND UNITED KINGDOM CONCERNING FALKLANDS (MALVINAS)

15 July 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/7068


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND UNITED KINGDOM CONCERNING FALKLANDS (MALVINAS)

19990715 Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes as a sign of growing goodwill and cooperation the agreement just signed between Argentina and the United Kingdom which, among other things, provides for the resumption of airlinks between Argentina and the Falklands (Malvinas).

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