Argentina is accusing the UK of “provocation”, because of this week’s planned military exercises in the Falkland Islands, which Buenos Aires says will include missile launches.  Argentina also claims the islands and calls them “Las Malvinas”.

“This action is a new example of UK's disregard for United Nations resolutions, which call on both parties to resume negotiations over sovereignty and refrain from introducing unilateral modifications in the situation as long as the dispute persists,” said a spokesman for Argentina’s Embassy in London.

The Argentine deputy foreign minister has summoned the British ambassador in Buenos Aires to hear a protest over the “new show of military force”.  Britain’s Foreign Office is dismissing Argentina’s claims as “fanciful” and said next week's exercises were “routine”.

The two fought a brief and bloody war over the island with Britain coming out on top, and Argentina’s ruling military junta chased from powers shortly afterwards. 

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has accused Britain of deploying nuclear-capable submarines and battleships to its base in the Falklands. 

The UK Foreign Office replies, “Argentina's suggestion that the UK is seeking to threaten militarily either Argentina itself or the wider region is entirely without foundation, as is the suggestion that we deploy nuclear weapons in the region.”