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Gordon Brown urged not to discuss sovereignty of Falklands in meeting with Argentine leader

Mr Brown will meet Cristina Kirchner on Friday at a progressive forum of left-of-centre leaders in Vina del Mar, Chile, during his visit to Latin America.

Mrs Kirchner has made the issue of the islands a personal priority, announcing in her inaugural speech that Argentina's sovereignty was non-negotiable and repeating the claim on the 26th anniversary of the 1982 invasion last year.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)