European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels earlier today.
The GSD has said that Tuesday’s statement by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo that the GSD Government had “done nothing” for Laguna and Glacis Estate in 16 years of Government, is “typical of his now tiresome spin, excess and exaggeration.”
The Foreign Office has once again summoned the Spanish Ambassador to the UK, ‘to underline serious concern at the incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.’
Speaking after the summoning of His Excellency Federico Trillo, the Minister for Europe, David Lidington said, ‘I am extremely concerned to hear of another incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) on 1 April by a Spanish state research vessel, which sought to undertake survey activity. Not only were the actions of the survey vessel unlawful, but it was accompanied by a Spanish Guardia Civil vessel whose dangerous manoeuvring presented a significant safety concern on the waters.