And a former journalist who has visited on numerous occasions believes the incident demonstrates that the future of the remote archipelago in the South Atlantic as a British Overseas Colony would not be secure if Mr Corbyn ever becomes Prime Minister. The photograph shows Mr Corbyn with Daniel Filmus, then-Secretary for the Malvinas in the Argentinian Government, and Guillermo Carmona, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, during a Pro-Dialogue Conference three years before he was elected Labour leader.
Mr Corbyn was the only MP to attend, and did so as a member of the so-called “British Pro-Dialogue Delegation”.
As well as being a senior politician, Mr Carmona is also a member of the Congressional “Malvinas Observatory”, a group which specialises in Argentina’s claim to the Falklands.
The islands (population 3,398, as of 2016) were burned into the collective consciousness in 1982 when Argentina invaded, claiming it as part of its territory.
Then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched a Royal Navy task force, and reclaimed the islands in a short but bloody war which resulted in the deaths of almost 1,000 servicemen, more than two-thirds of them Argentinians.
Using a pseudonym over fears of repercussions, Simon Arthur, who has reported on Falklands news on various newspapers for more than two decades, and who has visited the islands 15 times, told Express.co.uk: “Jeremy Corbyn can’t be trusted when it comes to the Falklands Islands.
“He would never send forces to recover the islands if such a thing happened today.
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Mr Arthur said his conversations with Falkland Islanders had brought home to him just how concerned they were about the possible loss of British sovereignty.
He explained: “They just want to be left alone.
“They are always trying to oppose Argentine attempts to get sovereignty negotiations going again.”
The very name of the event Mr Corbyn had attended was highly significant, Mr Arthur said.
He explained: “In Argentina, they have this word ‘dialogue’, which is basically a euphemism.
“What it really means is capitulation, asking the British just to give up – but why should we?”
Argentina goes to the polls on Sunday, with incumbent President Mauricio Macri, of the centre-right PRO party, trailing in the polls to the Justicialist Party, the populist movement founded by Juan and Evita Peron in 1947.
Significantly, Alicia Castro, who organised the event which Mr Corbyn attended, is in Argentina lobbying with the country’s 1982 war veterans and the Province of Tierra del Fuego for the hard-line policy over the Falklands advocated by Mr Fernandez and vice-presidential running mate Cristina de Kirchner – herself a former President of the country.
Express.co.uk has contacted the Labour Party to ask for a comment on Mr Corbyn’s appearance at the event, as well as to restate the party’s policy with regard to the Falkland Islands.
