Britain snubs Argentina's Kirchner for Thatcher funeral
April 11, 2013 17:42
Britain has decided not to invite Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to the funeral of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Downing Street said today, in a sign of the still bitter dispute over the Falkland Islands.
The government is still finalising the list of foreign dignitaries who will receive invitations to the ceremonial funeral next Wednesday of the "Iron Lady", who successfully led Britain into a war to expel Argentine forces that invaded the South Atlantic archipelago in 1982.
Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office said that some current world leaders would be invited -- but Kirchner, who has led a fiery campaign to push Buenos Aires' sovereignty claims over the Falklands, was not among them.
The government is still finalising the list of foreign dignitaries who will receive invitations to the ceremonial funeral next Wednesday of the "Iron Lady", who successfully led Britain into a war to expel Argentine forces that invaded the South Atlantic archipelago in 1982.
Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office said that some current world leaders would be invited -- but Kirchner, who has led a fiery campaign to push Buenos Aires' sovereignty claims over the Falklands, was not among them.
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