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| Gibraltar row: Spanish warship disrupts Royal Navy parachute exercise | |
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| A Spanish warship entered the waters around Gibraltar and disrupted a British forces parachute training exercise, it has emerged. | A Spanish warship entered the waters around Gibraltar and disrupted a British forces parachute training exercise, it has emerged. |
| Military chiefs were forced to suspend the session while the Gibraltar Squadron's patrol boat, HMS Sabre, shadowed the Spanish navy ship. | Military chiefs were forced to suspend the session while the Gibraltar Squadron's patrol boat, HMS Sabre, shadowed the Spanish navy ship. |
| Warnings were issued to the vessel, which is said to have used a fake name and call sign, but it only left after radioing back that it was in Spanish waters, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported. | Warnings were issued to the vessel, which is said to have used a fake name and call sign, but it only left after radioing back that it was in Spanish waters, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported. |
| According to the newspaper, special forces personnel from the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group were carrying out training jumps into the sea when the vessel approached. | According to the newspaper, special forces personnel from the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group were carrying out training jumps into the sea when the vessel approached. |
| Tensions over the disputed territory have been rising since the construction of an artificial reef by the Gibraltar government last year which the Spanish said interfered with their fishermen. | Tensions over the disputed territory have been rising since the construction of an artificial reef by the Gibraltar government last year which the Spanish said interfered with their fishermen. |
| Madrid responded by imposing tighter border controls, leading to long delays at the frontier. | Madrid responded by imposing tighter border controls, leading to long delays at the frontier. |
| Repeated incursions into Gibraltar's waters by Spanish state vessels followed, which led to the Spanish ambassador being publicly summoned to the Foreign Office on a number of occasions. | Repeated incursions into Gibraltar's waters by Spanish state vessels followed, which led to the Spanish ambassador being publicly summoned to the Foreign Office on a number of occasions. |
| In November, a British diplomatic bag was opened and searched by Spanish Guardia Civil officers on the border with Gibraltar - an incident the Foreign Office described as a "serious infringement" of international diplomatic protocols. | In November, a British diplomatic bag was opened and searched by Spanish Guardia Civil officers on the border with Gibraltar - an incident the Foreign Office described as a "serious infringement" of international diplomatic protocols. |
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