Downing Street has strongly rebuffed a call by Argentina's president for the UK to return the islands.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron to abide by a 1965 UN resolution to "negotiate a solution" over the area.
But a spokesman for Mr Cameron said the people of the Falklands had shown "a clear desire to remain British" and their interests would be protected.
A referendum on the islands' political status is to be held in March.
In an open letter to Mr Cameron, published as an advert in the Guardian newspaper and the Independent, President Fernandez repeats calls for the islands - which are known as the Malvinas in Argentina - to come under the sovereignty of her nation.
The Argentine president says the islands were forcibly stripped from Argentina in "a blatant exercise of 19th Century colonialism".
Downing Street said the prime minister would "do everything to protect the interests of the Falklands islanders."
Mr Cameron's spokesman said the people of the Falklands had shown "a clear desire to remain British" and the Argentine government should respect their right to self determination.
The spokesman also urged the Argentine government to abide by the outcome of the referendum.
Last year marked 30 years since the Falklands War, when the islands were occupied by Argentine forces for 74 days.
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