The Falkland Islands will be back under Argentine control within "20 years", the country's foreign minister Hector Timerman has said.
On a visit to London, he claimed "not one" other nation supported UK sovereignty of the Falklands.
Speaking to the Guardian and Independent, Mr Timerman said Britain had "occupied" the islands for "access to oil and natural resources".
A referendum on the Falkland Islands political status will be held in March.
Mr Timerman was meanwhile confronted by elected representatives of the Falkland Islands in the House of Commons Lobby on Tuesday.
The foreign minister refused to accept a letter about the future of the Islands or to talk to the representatives.
He was in the Commons to address the All Party Group on Argentina.
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hereThoughts? He goes on to directly lie by saying...
"That is why I ask for a meeting with William Hague and he refused. If I can sit down with him, he will know what we think, but he refuses to sit down with us."...when actually HE refused to talk with Hague in the presence of islander representatives. Whilst assuring they won't seek military action, I can't see Britain handing them over, especially since the international community is apathetic, not set against us. In fact, the lack of interest internationally just proves that the nations don't think Argentine has any sort of valid claim whatsoever, and are treating them like a yapping dog...