London, Mar. 10 (ANI): Only 15 percent of Argentinians think Falkland Islanders should have a say in their own future, and a quarter still believe that the islands will one day be governed from Buenos Aires, a recent poll has revealed.
The results of the poll conducted by YouGov for Sky News, come on the eve of a referendum in which Falklanders will be asked whether they want to remain British.
It is expected to result in an overwhelming yes vote, but the islanders' enthusiasm for Britain doesn't seem to be reciprocated in the UK, reports Sky News.
When asked what was the most important international issue affecting their country, only 1percent of British respondents said the Falklands, while the figure was 24 percent in Argentina.
There was an even bigger divergence of opinion between the two countries over the rights of the people on the islands to have a say in their future.
Nearly nine out of 10 British people who were surveyed thought the islanders should have a say on who ruled them, while six out of 10 Argentinians thought they should have no say on sovereignty.
Jan Cheek, one of the eight members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly said that that says a lot about Argentina and their view of democracy. Cheek said they would like people to recognise that they have the right to self-determination and hoped that democratic countries would wish to afford them the same right. (ANI)
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