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Spain FM Calls For Easing Of Tensions With Turkey
The Spanish and Turkish foreign ministers agreed progress was being made between a bloc of European Union nations and Turkey after a period of frayed relations.
The Spanish and Turkish foreign ministers agreed progress was being made between a bloc of European Union nations and Turkey after a period of frayed relations.
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said both countries were aware of the need to avoid unilateralism in dealing with issues affecting Ankara and the EU.
Turkey had seen heightened tensions with Greece and Cyprus over energy prospecting in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Spain will have last word who enters Gibraltar, says Foreign Minister
“In order to enter a Gibraltar integrated into the Schengen area, the responsibility for border control is in Spanish hands said Ms Laya
2 January 2021 • 5:01pm
Under the deal struck, Frontex, the EU’s border force, will “assist Spain” in controlling security at Gibraltar’s airport and port for a transition period of four years.
Credit: REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Spain will be able to decide who can enter Gibraltar under the terms of a post-Brexit deal, its Foreign Minister has said, sparking a furious response from the Territory’s Chief Minister.
December 31, 2020
ibraltar is set to join Europe’s borderless Schengen Area as part of an eleventh-hour deal with Spain over the future of the small British territory. Courtesy photo
MADRID Gibraltar is set to join Europe’s borderless Schengen Area as part of an eleventh-hour deal with Spain over the future of the small British territory.
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said negotiators had reached an “agreement in principle” with the United Kingdom that would see “EU policies and programs” remain in force in the territory, on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula.
It comes hours before Gibraltar was set to leave the EU s single market at midnight on Friday, in keeping with the United Kingdom, as the post-Brexit transition period ended.
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