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China is 'enabling' Argentina's Falklands push, Tom Tugendhat warns, as Milei threatens to 'take matters into our own hands'

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 September 2026 · last updated 25 September 2026.

Javier Milei told the UN General Assembly that Argentina would "take matters into our own hands" if the body continued to "look the other way" on the Falklands dispute.
Javier Milei told the UN General Assembly that Argentina would "take matters into our own hands" if the body continued to "look the other way" on the Falklands dispute.
A scene from the Falklands War, which Tom Tugendhat claims Beijing is bankrolling Argentina's renewed push over, pointing to an $18 billion Chinese credit swap underwriting Javier Milei's government.
A scene from the Falklands War, which Tom Tugendhat claims Beijing is bankrolling Argentina's renewed push over, pointing to an $18 billion Chinese credit swap underwriting Javier Milei's government.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat has accused Beijing of bankrolling Argentina's renewed Falklands claim, telling the London Defence Conference to "follow the money" to find China behind both the Argentina and Mauritius sovereignty disputes. Milei this week told the UN General Assembly that Argentina would "take matters into our own hands" after dismissing islanders' right to self-determination. Trump declined to back Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plea for US support during their UN meeting, sitting silently as Burnham revealed they had discussed the dispute.

Tugendhat said Milei renewed an $18 billion Chinese credit swap despite promising never to trade with communists, leaving Argentina financially tied to Beijing.

Britain's UN ambassador condemned Milei's behaviour as 'wholly incompatible with the principles established in the United Nations Charter'.

Argentine Falklands veterans have turned on Milei, with one who fought in 1982 calling him 'a liar, a crazy person' using the islands to distract from domestic problems.

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