article_snippet.sent: It follows a provocative speech by Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, prompting the Foreign Office to summon Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ambassador for a dressing down.
article_snippet.sent: ‘subjected to the illegitimate British occupation’.
article_snippet.sent: Last night Foreign Secretary Mr Hammond said: ‘
article_snippet.sent: ’ Alicia Castro, Argentine ambassador to the UK, was summoned by the Foreign Office on Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday, in a tit-for-tat move, Argentine deputy foreign minister Eduardo Zuain summoned the UK ambassador to Buenos Aires, John Freeman, to complain about recent spying revelations by Edward Snowden.
article_snippet.sent: Last week, the Argentine president and ambassador Alicia Castro publicly attacked the UK Government's plan to boost defences on the Falkland Islands.
article_snippet.sent: But a Foreign Office spokesman attacked the provocative intervention.
article_snippet.sent: We object strongly to recent statements by the Argentine president and the Argentine ambassador to London and so summoned the Argentine ambassador to London to account for these.'