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Gibraltar, Dec 31 (EFE).- Spain and the United Kingdom on Thursday came to a draft agreement to avoid a hard border in Gibraltar after Brexit.FOOTAGE OF THE GIBRALTAR BARRIER.
La Línea de la Concepción (Spain), Jan 1 (EFE), (Camera: Andrés Carrasco).- The Gibraltar fence will be demolished in a few months due to the agreement reached between Spain and the United Kingdom, by which the British colony will be part of the Schengen area and will have border controls only at the airport and the port.FOOTAGE OF GIBRALTAR.
Ankara (Turkey), Jul 27 (EFE),(Camera: Lara Villalón).- Spain's foreign minister Arancha González Laya said on Monday she hopes to convince UK's authorities with updated epidemiological data so the UK's government won't impose a 14-days quarantine to travellers who arrive in the country from the Balearic and Canary Islands.SOUNDBITES OF SPAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ARANCHA GONZÁLEZ LAYA DURING HER OFFICIAL VISIT TO TURKEY:"Last Saturday the UK's government announced several measures they would take regarding Spain which included the quarantine for travellers arriving in the UK from Spain and also the recommendation of not travelling to Spain, excluding from that recommendation the Balearic and the Canary Islands. At that moment, we started our talks with British authorities to clarify our epidemiological data, which always have to be the reference to make this kind of restrictions to curb the coronavirus.""This morning heath experts from both countries met, talks continue and I hope that the strenght of our data and explanations will show results very soon."
Madrid, Jul 26 (EFE), (Camera: Raúl García).- Spain's government on Sunday said the outbreaks in the country were isolated and controlled in response to the UK's decision to impose quarantine for travellers arriving in the UK from Spain.SOUNDBITES OF SPAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ARANCHA GONZÁLEZ LAYA:"Spain is a safe country for tourists"."Like in any other European country, Spain is seeing outbreaks.""The most important thing is that Spain is making efforts to control the outbreaks.""At the moment our dialogue efforts are focused on excluding from the quarantine measures the Balearic and the Canary Islands."
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski welcomes Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron to Warsaw, with the two counterparts shaking hands ahead of a bilateral meeting. Ex-prime minister Cameron is in the Eastern European country to shore up support for Poland's neighbour Ukraine against Russia's invasion and discuss tackling migration. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).