Falklands, thorn in the eyes of UK

 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said during a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to Argentina that her country and Britain should resolve the sovereignty issue over the Islands called Falklands by London and Malvinas by Buenos Aires round the negotiating table.

However, British PM David Cameron dismissed any prospects of negotiations over the issue claiming the islanders do not want to be ruled by Argentina.

"I would say this: as long as the Falkland Islands want to be sovereign British territory, they should remain sovereign British territory. Full stop, end of story," Cameron told the House of Commons back in June.

This comes as Britain is increasingly finding itself isolated on the issue as even its so-called closes allies in the US have snubbed their British friends to lay their weight behind Argentina's idea of talks.

At a meeting of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) also in June, Washington went out of its way to side with anti-American leaders including Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua to endorse a declaration calling for negotiations on the question of “Malvinas”, in a move analysts described as “hugely insulting to Britain”.

“This is a slap in the face for America's closest friend and ally,” said Nile Gardiner, a Conservative analyst with Britain's Heritage Foundation after the move by Washington.

Britain that prides itself on the support of Falkland residents received another 'slap in the face' after a local resident James Peck gave up his British citizenship to receive an Argentine birth certificate from the hands of the Argentinean president.

The move by James Peck gave rise to speculations that more Falklanders could be unhappy about being subjects of the British Queen despite London's claims that Islanders are proud of being British citizens.

Falklands-Malvinas are located 250 miles off Argentinean coasts and some 7,700 miles from English coasts.

The dispute over the chain of islands dates back to the 19th century.
Britain illegally occupied the islands in 1833 and announced it as one of British colonies in 1892.

Britain and Argentina fought a 74 day war in 1982 on the Islands which ended with the British side using military might to crush Argentineans uprising.