At the 80th United Nations General Assembly , Argentine President Javier Milei reiterated his "legitimate and inalienable claim" to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia Islands, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Argentine maritime areas in the Southwest Atlantic. The president urged the United Kingdom to resume bilateral negotiations, in compliance with UN Resolution 2065/XX . However, his statement, made 30 days before a national election, cannot be exempt from criticism due to the inconsistency between what he says and does, and the foreign policy statements of his own government.

Milei's stance at the UN contrasts with his administration's inaction in the face of British advances in Argentina's maritime and insular south . The facts demonstrate that the government, far from exerting pressure, actually collaborates with British interests by opening the Argentine economy to low-cost British investment. Furthermore, no effective measures have been taken to counter the plundering of fishing resources and hydrocarbon exploration by the usurping British colony.

Milei's speech is also controversial for its praise of US President Donald Trump . This admiration for a figure who represents an unconditional and strategic ally in the British military field (both countries are pillars of NATO) calls into question the Milei government's strategy to recover the Malvinas. The apparent alliance with the United States, far from being a path to sovereignty for the islands, is a renunciation of a historic position of non-alignment.

The strong and solid reports of a possible agreement between Milei's government and the United States, which would include the establishment of a military base in Ushuaia in exchange for a multimillion-dollar loan, intensify doubts about the president's true agenda regarding foreign policy and the defense of sovereignty.

In this context, Milei's remarks at the UN are empty gestures, devoid of a concrete action plan . His criticism of the UN and the 2030 Agenda, coupled with his admiration for figures such as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , undermine the credibility of his claim to sovereignty and place him in a paradoxical position: a leader who claims sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands while opening the door to the economic and strategic interests of those who hold it. His speech, in short, seems more focused on domestic consumption and his electoral campaign than on a serious geopolitical strategy to resolve the dispute over the South Atlantic Islands.