Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has sought negotiations with the United Kingdom to establish several weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands.
Thursday's calls for negotiations have been met with scepticism from the Falklands government.
Roger Edwards, the British-controlled islands' legislative chairman, said direct flights from the Argentinian capital were "about as likely as the Falklands Air Service landing flights on the moon".
Fernandez told Argentine legislators that direct flights by the state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas would show the world her country's intentions towards the islands, known as las Malvinas in Argentina, were peaceful[.]
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