Different explanations on the agreement reached at the Cordoba Tripartite Talks:

1. The Spanish Government has referred on numerous occasions to the agreement reached on the airport as a 'joint airport' or 'shared airport' agreement.

The Gibraltar Government describes such agreement as 'enhanced use of the airport'.

2. The Spanish Government has also stated on numerous occasions that the Tripartite Talks and the Brussels Agreement are
two different things and that their claim over the sovereignty of our homeland will continue in bilateral talks with the UK under
the Brussels Agreement.

The Gibraltar Government has stated that the Tripartite Talks have replaced the Brussels Agreement.

3. The Spanish Government has stated that the Tripartite Talks is a way forward toward their claim on Gibraltar's
sovereignty.

The Gibraltar Government has stated that the Tripartite Talks, whilst respecting each others view on the sovereignty issue,
deal specifically with matters related to the well being of the population of Gibraltar and Spain.

Who is saying the truth and who is lying?

Gibraltarians, under the new airport agreement, will, when flying to Spain, have to produce their passports to the Spanish
authorities prior to boarding the plane in Gibraltar, the same applies when flying from Spain to Gibraltar, or arrival at the
Gibraltar airport, they will need to produce their passport to the Spanish authorities prior to leaving the arrival area..

According to our Government this has all to do with the Schengen Agreement (of which Gibraltar does not form part of).

Spain on the other hand refers to flights to and from Gibraltar, as 'internal flights', that is, flights within the Spanish territory.

Such different explanations on what the airport agreement entails, should be reason enough to reject the Joint/Shared/Enhanced (take your pick) use of our airport.

Furthermore, considering that the Gibraltar Government refused to disclose what agreements where under discussion prior to the meeting held in Cordoba, and that such agreement were secretly carried out and signed without the knowledge or
consent of the people of Gibraltar, should be reason enough to reject any and all agreements under the Tripartite Talks.

No Gibraltar Government has the right to negotiate agreements with Spain without first disclosing what agreements are being negotiated. Accepting our Government to enter into secret negotiations can only lead to some unscrupulous Government,
either now or in the future, to negotiate the sovereignty of our homeland behind our backs.

The Tripartite Talks has only seen the granting of concessions to Spain by both Gibraltar and the UK in exchange for the
lifting of some of the restrictions imposed back in 1969, when Spain closed the border and blocked all land, sea, air traffic,
postal mail and telephone links between Gibraltar and Spain.

Should Spain have wanted they would have removed all the restrictions when they re-opened the border in 1985, but the sea and air traffic restrictions remained, as did the restriction on the number of telephone lines available for Gibraltar.

If it were that Spain is acting in good faith with the lifting of some of the restrictions, the restrictions would have simply been
removed without the need of the Tripartite Talks Cordoba Agreement.

To believe that the partial lifting of restrictions is an act of good will by Spain is naive, Spain's ultimate aim has always been, is and as stated by the Spanish Government, will continue to be the sovereignty of our homeland.