The Spanish Foreign Minister declared this in an interview. He said this after meeting his English counterpart.
“Spain is very close to sign an agreement on the status of the British territory of Gibraltar behind the “Brexit”. That’s what he said Minister Spanish Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albaresthen meet at Brussels with his British counterpart, David Cameron.
“Today we have moved forward, because David Cameron has shown that will (to reach an agreement),” he said Albares to the press after the meeting. And he added in statements broadcast by the Spanish state network TVE, that the agreement would be “very close”.
Praise did not specify when they might announce it, but said they were discussing concrete details, such as a formula for how both would use the airport.
What is the situation in Gibraltar and how is the relationship between Spain and the United Kingdom progressing?
The status of Gibraltar, an enclave in the far south of Spain under british rule since the 18th century, as well as the surveillance of the border with Spain, were a matter of dispute since the 2016 British vote to leave the European Union (EU).
The enclave was excluded of the withdrawal agreement reached between the United Kingdom and the EU.
Gibraltar will remain part of EU agreements
Spain, the United Kingdom and the European Union agreed on December 31, 2020, hours before the United Kingdom’s complete departure from the bloc, that Gibraltar would remain part of the EU agreementsjust as it happens with space Schengen, and that Spain would monitor the port and the airport, waiting for a lasting solution.
The European Commission and Spain sent to UK a proposal that included keeping Gibraltar’s land border with Spain open at the end of 2022, to also guarantee free movement of people.
In 1713, Spain gave way to the United Kingdom the rocky cape located in the strait that connects the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, but for a long time he has been demanding its return.
Source: Ambito
