Article: Britain, Spain will issue joint declaration on the future of Gibraltar

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Dateline: LONDON Britain and Spain will issue a joint declaration on Gibraltar if they reach an agreement about its future, Europe Minister Peter Hain said Thursday, provoking an accusation that the two countries have already agreed to share sovereignty.

Conservative party lawmaker Richard Spring also accused the government of attempting to push Gibraltarians into the deal.

"In this joint declaration do we hear of joint sovereignty, or are you prepared to rule that out categorically?" Spring said during a lawmakers' debate. "Gibraltar should be perfectly capable of having a modern relationship with Spain, with the present situation over sovereignty ...

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