Javier Milei took office in December after being elected on a platform that included supporting Argentina‘s long claim on the Falkland Islands.
During a TV debate held ahead of his electoral victory last year, Mr Milei said he would not support a new aggression against the archipelago, which is a British Overseas Territory.
However, calling the Falklands by the name used in Argentina, he said: “What do I propose? Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands is non-negotiable. The Malvinas are Argentine.
“Now we have to see how we are going to get them back. It is clear that the war option is not a solution. We had a war – that we lost – and now we have to make every effort to recover the islands through diplomatic channels.”
Months after his election, Mr Milei remains committed to making the Argentine dream on the Falklands a reality.
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In April, as he marked the 42nd anniversary of the Falklands War won by the UK, he promised a “roadmap” to make the archipelago Argentine.
In May, Mr Milei told the BBC he accepted the Falklands were currently in British hands, adding he wanted the islands to become Argentine “within the framework of peace”.
He continued: “We are not going to relinquish our sovereignty, nor are we going to seek conflict with the United Kingdom.”
Equally, he conceded it is “going to take time” to achieve his goal, which would involve a “long-term negotiation”.
Likely referencing the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China, Mr Milei said “many positions have changed over time” when asked why London would ever enter talks over the status of the islands.
The islanders clearly expressed their views on the sovereignty dispute in a 2013 referendum, which saw 99.8 percent saying they wanted to remain a UK overseas territory.
While the Argentine president has maintained a calm tone over the disputed territory as he seeks closer ties with Britain, other officials from his country have hit out at the UK in recent months.
Earlier this month, the Governor of Tierra del Fuego Gustavo Melella slammed the new British military exercises carried out in recent days in the Falkland Islands calling them a “clear violation of international law”.
He claimed: “Once again we are witnessing the increasing British militarisation in the area of the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the corresponding maritime and island areas, in clear violation of international law.
“These actions reflect the arrogance of a colonial empire that in the 21st century is trying to maintain its illegal occupation of part of our provincial territory, threatening the territorial integrity of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, and of the Argentine Republic.”
Andrés Dachary, the Secretary for Malvinas, Antarctica, South Atlantic Islands and International Affairs, also claimed the military exercises violate the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic (ZPCAS).