We may include ads from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The Foreign Secretary extended a deadline for talks due to expire on December 31 due to a deal yet to be agreed on Gibraltar post-Brexit. Ms Truss said her goal is to reach an agreement in the first quarter of next year, despite the fact that negotiations will be given extra breathing room. On Wednesday, Ms Truss met with her Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares, where she insisted that the UK will continue to maintain the sovereignty of the Rock.
In an interview with El Pais about the presence of Spanish authorities on the border, Ms Truss said: "I am not going to go into details of the ongoing negotiations. We will continue to defend the sovereignty of Gibraltar. That is an important principle for the UK, but we want a deal and we are making positive and constructive progress. Ms Truss stated that negotiations between the parties have gone well.
She stated that our goal is to reach an agreement by the end of the first quarter of next year. The conversations are going well. The UK and Spain want to have a solution so that people can continue their business. British drivers will have to apply for new licences.
Gibraltar was not included in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement last year. At the end of last year, a preliminary agreement was reached between Spain and the UK to stop the creation of a hard border between the Rock and the EU state. The agreement gave more authority to the EU's border force, but later a proposal gave more authority to Spanish officials. The EU and the UK agreed to maintain the movement of people between Gibraltar and the wider Schengen Area. The euro is getting weaker! EU needs 640 million in UK to keep key project alive. Frost issues a new threat to EU over triggering Article 16 Insight The mandate includes rules for asylum, visas, residence permits, and police cooperation and information exchange. The EU's summer proposal to give Spanish officials more authority on the border was rejected by the UK Government. Then-Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said: We have shown pragmatism and flexibility in the search for arrangements that work for all sides, and we are disappointed that this has not been reciprocated. We urge the EU to think again.