By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 08:11 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:17 EST, 27 March 2013 Argentina's foreign minister demanded talks with Britain on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, but Britain again refused, pointing to the islanders' overwhelming vote this month to remain British. Hector Timerman, speaking Tuesday at the United Nations, called the referendum 'illegal' and said it is 'truly deplorable' that Britain has rejected 40 resolutions by the U.N. Decolonization Committee calling for negotiations between the two countries on sovereignty. Timerman was flanked at a press conference by ministers representing major Latin American and Caribbean organizations, saying he wanted to demonstrate the region's unity in support of Argentina's claim to the islands and its demand for sovereignty talks.
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Argentina's foreign minister demanded talks with Britain
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Britain refused, pointing to the islanders' overwhelming vote this month
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Argentina called the recent referendum 'illegal'
Argentina insists that the islands it calls Las Malvinas were forcibly  taken from Argentina by the @placeholder in 1833.