英国安妮公主将于11月9日起访问福克兰群岛和南乔治亚岛，这是王室成员罕见地对这片偏远的南大西洋领土进行高调访问。此行安排在英国与阿根廷围绕群岛主权的数十年争端再度受到关注之际。
Britain's Princess Anne will visit the Falkland Islands and South Georgia from November 9, a day before an international tribunal in Hamburg hears Argentina's case over the Sea Lion offshore oil project. Buckingham Palace announced that Princess Anne will travel to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia starting November 9, marking a rare high-profile royal visit to the remote South Atlantic territories.
访问时间恰逢汉堡国际海洋法法庭法官将于次日审理阿根廷针对“海狮”海上石油开发项目提起的案件，该项目位于福克兰群岛附近海域，布宜诺斯艾利斯长期主张这些水域属于其海洋管辖范围。此次听证预计将审查管辖权和资源权利问题，而非立即作出裁决。
The trip is scheduled during a period of renewed attention to the decades-old sovereignty dispute between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the islands. The visit falls one day before judges at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg are due to hear Argentina's case against the Sea Lion offshore oil development, a project located in waters near the Falklands that Buenos Aires has long argued fall within its own maritime claims. The hearing is expected to examine questions of jurisdiction and resource rights rather than deliver an immediate ruling.
自1982年英国重新控制群岛以来，阿根廷一直主张对其称为“马尔维纳斯群岛”的领土拥有主权，近期地区盟友的外交表态重申了对布宜诺斯艾利斯立场的支持。英国坚持认为群岛居民有权决定自身的政治地位。分析人士表示，法庭对“海狮”项目的任何认定都可能对争议水域未来的海上勘探产生影响。
Argentina has pressed its sovereignty claim over what it calls the Malvinas since Britain regained control of the islands in 1982, and recent diplomatic statements from regional allies have renewed support for Buenos Aires' position. Britain maintains that the islands' population has the right to determine its own political status. Analysts say any tribunal findings on the Sea Lion project could carry implications for future offshore exploration in the disputed waters.