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Antonio Gutiérrez Limones (right) with Picardo, Garcia and Llamas.
Spanish senator makes courtesy visit to Gibraltar
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Spanish senator makes courtesy visit to Gibraltar

The visit is a reflection of the increasingly positive relationship while trying to build an area of shared prosperity post-Brexit

Debbie Bartlett

Friday, 9 April 2021, 15:13

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The Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Spanish Senate, Antonio Gutierrez Limones, came to Gibraltar to pay a courtesy call to the chief minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, on Tuesday. The two men held a meeting which was also attended by deputy chief minister Dr Joseph Garcia and the attorney general, Michael Llamas.

A statement issued by the Gibraltar government afterwards said the discussion had centred on matters of common interest to Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar, which is the nearest area of Spain.

After the visit, the chief minister said: "I am very pleased to have received Antonio and to have had a chance to have a discussion about the issues that are relevant to the reality of the day to day lives of Gibraltarians and people in the region around us".

This visit by Gutiérrez Limones, who was on a tour of the Campo de Gibraltar area, was a reflection of the positive relationship between Spain and Gibraltar with a view to building an area of shared prosperity both sides of the border post-Brexit.

In interviews with Spanish media, he described the New Year's Pre-Agreement regarding Gibraltar's future relationship with the EU, which it is hoped will include Schengen access for Gibraltar, as a "rainbow of opportunities" following the "tempest of Brexit", which would benefit not only the Rock but the whole nearby area of Spain.

"This is a unique opportunity with endless possibilities," he said but, as Gibraltar's chief minister has also stressed in the past, the negotiations to transform the points on which both sides are in agreement into a legally binding treaty "will not be easy".

However, he was optimistic that it will become a reality within a few months and that "the last frontier in Europe" would come down.

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