Below follows a joint statement on the progress of the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar:
European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo met in Brussels on Friday 12 April.
The Gibraltar Security Council, comprising His Excellency the Governor, the Chief Minister, Commissioner of Police, and Commander British Forces, met this morning to review a range of security matters in Gibraltar. Such meetings take place regularly and enable members of the GSC to take collective stock of local and regional developments.
The GSD has said that the Government “seem not to understand” that the discussion has moved on from the simple provision of LNG storage to supply the power station to the reality of offshore, and possibly onshore, commercial bunkering.
The GSD says it notes the statement made by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, on the BBC4 “Today” programme on Saturday morning that a “hard Brexit” would pose “an existential threat to Gibraltar’s current economic model”.