Buenos Aires, April 2 (NA) — Head of Government of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri, stated that the veterans and the fallen in the Falklands War "are testimony to a vocation for service that knows no bounds" and emphasized that "the Islands were, are, and will be Argentine." "They are testimony to a vocation for service that knows no bounds. The Falklands were, are, and will be Argentine," he said in a speech delivered at an event held on the Day of the Veteran and the Fallen in the Falklands War, to which the Argentine News Agency had access. In front of the Cenotaph in Plaza General San Martín, in Retiro, Jorge Macri also said: "Honoring the veterans and the 649 fallen is not just an act of memory every April 2, but a commitment to accompaniment and visibility that reaffirms our conviction, the Falklands is a cause that unites us all. From the City, we continue to work so that this recognition translates into concrete and permanent actions." The official ceremony was led by Javier Milei and his Cabinet, while the Head of Government of Buenos Aires placed a floral offering at the foot of the monument that remembers the fallen during the war against the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1982, followed by a moment of silence and the President's speech. In a morning marked by respect and remembrance, he was accompanied by the Vice Head of Government of Buenos Aires, Clara Muzzio; the Chief of Cabinet, Gabriel Sánchez Zinny; the General Secretary and of International Relations, Fulvio Pompeo; the Minister of Security, Horacio Giménez, and the Minister of Justice, Gabino Tapia, along with veterans and other authorities. "We maintain the claim of sovereignty over our land, which remains unresolved. Sovereignty can be attacked in several ways: one is by not recognizing our territory and another is by threatening to begin exploiting it without our permission, because it is our land and our islands," asserted Jorge Macri. On Wednesday, at the Headquarters of the Government of the City in Parque Patricios, the Buenos Aires official had breakfast with the War Veterans who work in the city administration and who are 55 employees. Present were Juan Mendicino, from the Housing Institute and current president of the House of War Veterans of Argentina, along with Julio Testone, from the Governmental Control Agency, and Ricardo Reggiardo, a survivor and prisoner after the capture of the ARA Santa Fe submarine in the Georgia Islands. Also present were Walter Echegaray, lawyer and notary of the Automotive Fleet Directorate; Alberto Acri, crane driver; and Juan José Funes, who works in the maintenance of polideportivos and fought in the brave 5th Marine Infantry Battalion.
The meeting also included Carlos Romeo, from the Corps of Surveillance Agents; Eduardo Comuzzi, from the Ministry of Health; Víctor Villagra, from the Marie Curie Hospital; Roberto Casarín, from Urban Planning; Omar Barrios, from Urban Hygiene; and Miguel Santopietro, from the Zubizarreta Hospital. "Our eternal gratitude to them." Several organizations have urged the United Kingdom to find a solution to the conflict.
