Albares assures that "we are flexible" to achieve shared prosperity, but "totally inflexible" in the defence of Spain's interests.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, "categorically" rejects the British approach to the sovereignty of the waters near a Gibraltar beach, which "are Spanish", in reference to the controversy following the stoning of two Customs Surveillance agents by tobacco smugglers.
"We are flexible in reaching this zone of shared proximity for Gibraltar and for the 270,000 Spaniards in the Campo de Gibraltar, but we are totally inflexible in defending the sovereignty of Spain's interests," Albares said of the agreement being negotiated with the British authorities.
The Foreign Ministry has also "categorically" rejected Gibraltar's characterisation of the arrival of a damaged Customs Surveillance boat off the coast of the Rock as "a serious violation of British sovereignty", and has demanded "effective measures to combat smuggling".
The Customs boat, whose engine had broken down, washed ashore on Thursday morning, where the two officers on board were stoned by tobacco smugglers, which Gibraltar described as "a serious violation of British sovereignty".