“That law does not apply in this case and the ship’s presence here was totally legal,” said Oscar Ruiz, head of Comodoro Rivadavia coastguard. The ship docked for two nights in the port and then left with its cargo.
Last month two cruise ships were turned away from an Argentine port in Tierra del Fuego on the southern tip of the country having previously stopped off at the Falklands.
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has stepped up rhetoric over the disputed archipelago.
Last month she accused Britain of an “act of provocation and aggression” by sending the Duke of Cambridge to the islands on a six-week tour of duty as a search and rescue pilot for the RAF.
She has also accused Britain of “militarising” the South Atlantic by sending the destroyer HMS Dauntless to the area and said she will raise the matter with the United Nations.
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