page_title: Argentina–United Kingdom relations
section_title: Scottish influence
hierarchical_section_title: Argentina–United Kingdom relations / Cultural relations / Scottish influence
caption_attribution_description: Dia del Inmigrante 2010 24
context_page_description: Argentina–United Kingdom relations refers to foreign relations between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 December 1823. Diplomatic relations were cut off before the Falklands War in 1982 and were reinstated in 1990. Post-war relations between the two countries improved significantly up until the mid-2000s. During the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, relations became increasingly tense, with Argentina reasserting their claims to the Falkland Islands. In 2016, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Argentine President Mauricio Macri held a meeting where they agreed to begin a new stage of dialogue and friendship between the two countries and reaffirming the strong relationship the two countries have historically.
  Argentina has an embassy in London and the United Kingdom has an embassy in Buenos Aires. The current British Ambassador to Argentina is Mark Kent and the current Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom is Renato Carlos Sersale di Cerisano.
  Both states are members of the G-20.
context_section_description: The so-called "father of Argentine football" was a Glaswegian schoolteacher, Alexander Watson Hutton, who first taught football at St. Andrew's Scots School in Buenos Aires in the early 1880s. On 4 February 1884 he founded the Buenos Aires English High School [sic] where he continued to instruct the pupils in the game. In 1891 Hutton established the Association Argentine Football League, the first football league outside of the British Isles. Five clubs competed but only one season was ever played.
  The St. Andrew's Scots School was established in Buenos Aires in 1838 and is the oldest school of British origin in South America.
caption: Argentines of Scottish descent in Buenos Aires.
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 550D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "QuickTime 7.6.6", "Image DateTime": "2010:09:09 01:25:27", "Image HostComputer": "Mac OS X 10.5.8", "Image ExifOffset": "223", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/500", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2010:08:06 13:12:41", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2010:08:06 13:12:41", "EXIF ApertureValue": "45/8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "28", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5184", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3456"}