article_snippet.sent: This comes as tensions between Britain and Argentina have increased over plans by UK firms to drill for oil in the South Atlantic.
article_snippet.sent: Argentina's minister for the Malivinas - the name it uses for the Falklands Islands - Daniel Filmus threatened to prosecute any British firms exploring for oil near the Falklands Islands.
article_snippet.sent: the Falklands Islands - Daniel Filmus said: 'The new exploration efforts to try to find hydrocarbons in the area carry a huge environmental risk. '
article_snippet.sent: We want the owners of the companies to be tried according to Argentine laws and international statutes.'
article_snippet.sent: A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We have always been very clear that this is an unlawful assertion of jurisdiction over the Falklands Islands continental shelf, which We reject, and We will raise this will the appropriate authorities. '
article_snippet.sent: We are satisfied that the Falklands Islands have the right to develop the Falklands Islands hydrocarbons sector as a legitimate commercial venture with international oil and gas companies, and will continue to support international oil and gas companies as international oil and gas companies move forward.
article_snippet.sent: Argentine domestic law does not apply to the Falklands Islands.'