<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, asserted, on the occasion of National Day, that the agreement on the Rock's future after Brexit, adopted last June in Brussels by the United Kingdom and the EU in the presence of Spain, “is fully respectful of all aspects of British Sovereignty over Gibraltar.”</strong></h4> “As we Gibraltarians celebrate National Day this year, each of us will be very happy that I was able to announce an agreement between the UK and the EU which is fully respectful of all aspects of British Sovereignty over Gibraltar,” Picardo declared on the occasion of National Day, which takes place this Tuesday. “Last year I made clear that we would not agree to any arrangements which compromised our sovereignty, jurisdiction or control in any respect. I said we would not agree to any deal which compromised one grain of our land, one drop of our waters or one breath of our air. That is what we have achieved,” he continued. “This year, as we look forward to the year ahead for our nation, we can have the security of knowing that the UK / EU deal in respect of Gibraltar is being turned into a treaty the terms of which will be safe, secure and beneficial for Gibraltar with no sovereignty compromises,” he asserted. “As a result, you can see that the Government that I lead has been true to the maxim that ‘the soil of Gibraltar shall belong to no-one but the People of Gibraltar’”, he stated. “Our commitment to these principles are the foundations of our politics for those of us in the GSLP Liberal Government and we have been true to these principles throughout these negotiations,” Picardo asserted. “There will never be any change in the sovereignty of Gibraltar, or any part of it, because that is what the people of Gibraltar want,” he insisted. “On National Day, as we celebrate our right to determine our future for ourselves, that is what we are protecting and proclaiming to the world. In October, I will, once again, defend that in New York at the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee,” he announced.
