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Argentina Hails German Falklands Travel Request as Support for Sovereignty Claim

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The German airline Lufthansa has asked the Argentine government for permission to overfly its country en route to the Falklands, Argentina said on Thursday, adding that the request implies recognition of Falklands “as part of Argentine territory,” the Foreign Ministry said.

Lufthansa, separately, said it made the request for two flights supporting a polar research expedition because the normal route via Cape Town has been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Argentina and Britain have long disputed sovereignty of the Falklands, with Argentina for decades claiming sovereignty over the British-run islands it calls the Malvinas . . .

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