Tag: Simon Fraser

• Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Falklands: Ambassador Castro refers ironically to Foreign Office summons

  

  Argentine ambassador in London, Alicia Castro complained about being summoned to the Foreign Office over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute revealing she asked the British official if it was “an expression of British humor or a political paradox”, since the UK has failed to comply with international law for the last five decades.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 05:42 UTC

  Gibraltar says UK diplomacy credibility must follow up words with actions

  

  There was a marked escalation in the dispute over Gibraltar’s territorial waters as Britain and Spain both hardened their diplomatic stance in the wake of recent incursions.

• Thursday, November 15th 2012 - 19:28 UTC

  UK summoned Spanish ambassador to complain about latest Gibraltar incursions

  

  The Foreign Office summoned the Spanish ambassador in London and condemned Madrid’s ‘provocative incursions’ in Gibraltar waters saying that it “is in the interests of Spain, as well as Gibraltar and Britain, to avoid any incident that may damage the prospects of developing a harmonious and collaborative relationship between Gibraltar and Spain”.