Britain Brushes Off Talks on Falklands
United Press International
LONDON —
Britain today brushed off a new Argentine offer for peace talks on the disputed Falklands, saying that it will not discuss sovereignty over the islands and that the proposal appears to offer nothing new.
On Monday, Argentina proposed replacing the truce that ended the 1982 Falklands War with a permanent cease-fire if Britain lifts its 150-mile military protection zone in the south Atlantic around the Falklands. (Story, Page 7.)
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