Javier Milei has demanded a Hong Kong-style handover of the Falklands to Argentina as part of what he called a ‘consensus solution’.

The Argentine president insisted his countrymen ‘do not believe in war’ and would not ‘start yelling like savages’ about the contentious archipelago.

His remarks were published in an interview after his nationalistic TV speech overnight on Thursday, where he announced plans for a new military base in Tierra del Fuego – the part of Argentina closest to the Falklands.

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