Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The shooting incident involving a jet ski that was chased by the Guardia Civil in Gibraltar’s territorial waters has been widely covered by the international media. Major UK newspapers and media organisations like the BBC, The Telegraph, The Times and The Sun have featured articles on the shooting, as have ex-pat publications like The Olive Press and even Australia’s Herald Sun and the Irish Independent.
The Government notes that David Lidington, the Minister for Europe, has, on the margins of an EU meeting in Luxembourg today, raised the issue of the attack on a Gibraltar Jet Ski on Sunday with his Spanish counterpart, Sr Inigo Mendez de Vigo.