King of Spain asks for new Gibraltar agreement

Spanish King Felipe on Wednesday urged the U.K. government to work towards a new agreement on the future of Gibraltar and asked for greater certainty for the rights of Spanish citizens living in post-Brexit Britain.

King Felipe VI, currently on a three-day state visit to the U.K. with Queen Letiza, addressed peers and MPs at the House of Commons.

Felipe said despite “estrangements, rivalries and disputes” in the countries’ history, they are now relegated to the past.

“I am certain that this resolve to overcome our differences will be even greater in the case of Gibraltar, and I am confident that through the necessary dialogue and effort our two governments will be able to work towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved,” he said.

However, the chief minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, quickly rebuffed the king’s comments.

He said Felipe’s comments suggested he was treating the British territory as one that could be “traded from one monarch to another” like a “pawn in a chess game” and urged him to understand that Gibraltar “will remain 100 percent British”.
 [aa.com.tr]
12/7/17
-
Related:

• Reino Unido descarta ir a la guerra contra España por Gibraltar
• Sovereignty of Gibraltar remains unchanged: Britain prepared to go to war to defend the territory
• La soberanía de Gibraltar tras el Brexit : "Ni en cuatro ni en 4.000 años estará la bandera española en Gibraltar"

• Οι Βρυξέλλες χορήγησαν στην Μαδρίτη δικαίωμα άσκησης βέτο για το Γιβραλτάρ