Oct 25 - Government to Make UN Complaint Following Further Spanish Incursions
The Government has today insisted that they have taken a very serious view of the ccontinuing incursions by Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, this morning.
A No.6 spokesperson noted, ‘this follows the incursion by a Spanish vessel conducting an oceanographic survey escorted by first two and then three Guardia Civil patrol boats. The Spanish state vessels were challenged by the Royal Navy and the Royal Gibraltar Police.
They proceeded to carry out executive action in BGTW and when warned to leave retorted that these were Spanish waters. The Spanish vessel deployed sonar, proceeded to carry out executive action in BGTW, and when warned to leave retorted that these were Spanish waters.
The incident started at 10.10am and finished at 11.12am, lasting just over an hour.
The Government will now be compiling details of every incursion by Spanish state vessels in order to bring these to the attention of the Committee of 24 and of the 4th Committee of the United Nations, in support of the statement denouncing these activities that was made by the Chief Minister in New York earlier this month.’
