The Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has challenged Spain to take it to the international courts. Appearing before a panel of questioners on Tele 5 TV, he described the argument over fishing as ‘blackmail’. Picardo said that the reality is that the waters close to the Rock belong to Gibraltar, and so what has to be done is to ‘search solutions’ as blackmail won’t work. ‘Does Spain want to complicate life for its own people?’, he said. He challenged Spain to take Gibraltar to go to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and make their arguments there. ‘But why doesn’t Spain do that?, asked Picardo, ‘Could it be that they are not that sure of their position?’. The Chief Minister noted that the Spanish fishermen used certain fishing techniques which were prohibited under a law in 1991. He said it was ‘a great pity’ that the Rajoy cabinet had abandoned the three way forum, and he repeated that Gibraltar still wanted dialogue in such a forum. Over the absence of Queen Sofia from the ceremonial lunch with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, he also criticised the Rajoy government for their prohibition. ‘This is thing a politician should not allow’. Picardo said that he wanted to get on well with Spain, and to work together.
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