This latter incident finally convinced the British Foreign Office to reassert its sovereignty claim over the islands.

The crisis revolved around larger issues about sovereignty claims and rights of navigation and trade.

A series of incidents in the 1960s marked the intensification of Argentine sovereignty claims.

The conflicting cartographic evidence may nevertheless be one of the causes for the different sovereignty claims.

However the fish stocks in the area are depleted, and countries are using fishing bans as a means of asserting their sovereignty claims.

However, Gibraltar experienced restrictions after that date causing problems with its telecommunications system, as a direct result of the Spanish sovereignty claim.

These early visits resulted in no sovereignty claims.

The Seychelles also launched a sovereignty claim on several of the islands.

Litigation continues as of 2012 regarding the right of return for the displaced islanders and Mauritian sovereignty claims.

All the agreements specifically state that they do not compromise each country's sovereignty claim over the disputed area.