Tag: Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo

• Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:21 UTC

  Spain conditions talks with UK to removal of cement blocks from Gibraltar bay

  

  Spain will only discuss about fisheries with the UK after the blocks dumped into the Gibraltar bay have been removed, said foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in a Sunday interview with the right wing newspaper La Razon.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:27 UTC

  UK rejects Spain proposal for one-on-one talks on Gibraltar sovereignty

  

  Britain rejected a Spanish proposal to hold one-on-one talks over the sovereignty of the contested British overseas territory (BOT) of Gibraltar after Spain issued an appeal for such negotiations to be held “as soon as possible”.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:17 UTC

  Garcia-Margallo column in the WSJ: “We need to talk about Gibraltar”

  

  The following column was published on Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal displaying the Spanish position in the current dispute with Gibraltar and the border controls.
  The column is credited to Jose Manuel García-Margallo who is Spain’s Foreign minister.

• Thursday, August 15th 2013 - 13:35 UTC

  Malvinas/Gibraltar in Garcia Margallo’s agenda when he visits Argentina and meets Timerman

  

  Spain’s Foreign affairs ministry Director General Ignacio Ibañez confirmed that Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo, would raise Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands with his Argentine counterpart, Hector Timerman, during a visit to Buenos Aires in early September.

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 01:45 UTC

  Falklands and Gibraltar: Spain considering a joint front with Argentina at UN, says Madrid media

  

  Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will be visiting Argentina next September to meet with his peer Hector Timerman to discuss the Gibraltar and Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty disputes and consider the possibility of a joint front.

• Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 16:30 UTC

  Rajoy calls for ‘four-flag’ dialogue on Gibraltar and does not discard ‘unilateral measures’

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he hopes for dialogue with Britain soon regarding Gibraltar, but added that until talks take place his government would continue to consider unilateral measures to defend Spanish interests. He said the country will take “all legal measures” to protect its interests in Gibraltar.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:17 UTC

  Gibraltar praises UK and Spain for quick action in de-escalating situation

  

  Gibraltar Government House issued a statement following Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and PM David Cameron exchange and later intervention of foreign ministers Garcia-Margallo and William Hague to find a way to de-escalate the situation by reducing measures at the Gib/Spain border.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:53 UTC

  Hague and Garcia-Margallo committed to diplomatic solution to Spain/Gibraltar border dispute

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke on Wednesday to his Spanish peer Jose Garcia Margallo with the commitment of finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute at the Spain/Gibraltar border.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 13:55 UTC

  Falklands sends support message to Gibraltar; Cameron on the phone with Rajoy

  

  The Falkland Islands sent on Wednesday a support message to Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the people of Gibraltar which is under strong pressure and threats from Spain over border crossings while from London it was reported that PM David Cameron called Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy to raise concerns about the escalation of the situation.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2013 - 02:58 UTC

  Spanish police calls for reinforcements to implement tighter controls in Gibraltar border

  

  Spain’s main police union SUP has expressed concern to the central government that it will need support if its members are required to carry out extensive checks on people entering or leaving the Rock.