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Spain calls in UK ambassador to protest Gibraltar incident
Original Publication Date: July 10, 2016 10:09PM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 1:45AM
MADRID – Spain’s Foreign Ministry has called in the British ambassador to protest what it described as reckless behaviour by a Gibraltar police boat patrol toward a Spanish police vessel.
In a statement, the ministry said Monday it had lodged a serious complaint with Ambassador Simon Manley, saying Gibraltar police had approached a Spanish police vessel twice at great speed Friday and only diverted its direction and avoided a collision at the last moment.
It said the action, which occurred in waters between Gibraltar and Spain, had placed both crews at risk.
Spain ceded Gibraltar’s sovereignty to Britain in a 1713 treaty, but has persistently sought its return ever since. Diplomatic friction between Britain and Gibraltar and Spain isn’t totally unusual.
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