Argentina 's president tells a British panel : ` ` We 're just asking to talk '' about Falkland Islands . An account by British Foreign Secretary William Hague on the Falklands ' government website claims that Britain first possessed the islands in 1765 -- decades before Argentina achieved independence from Spanish imperial rule . She claims Argentina 's standing on the U.N. Security Council has prevented this . An Argentine legislator claims the Falklands ` ` were never Argentine '' Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982 , but they stayed under British control .
Argentina 's president tells a British panel : ` ` We 're just asking to talk '' about Falkland Islands . She claims Argentina 's standing on the U.N. Security Council has prevented this . An Argentine legislator claims the Falklands ` ` were never Argentine '' Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982 , but they stayed under British control .