Tag: Sintra statemen

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

  Falklands' invasion in 1982, prevented an 'irreversible' solution for Gibraltar

  

  Had it not been for the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, and the war that followed, Spain would have achieved through negotiations an 'irreversible solution' to the Gibraltar dispute with Great Britain, revealed Spanish diplomat, scholar and academic Jose Cuenca in his recently launched book, “From Adolfo Suarez to Gorbachev; an ambassador's testimonies and shared secrets”.