UK promises negotiations with Spain over Gibraltar dispute to unblock Brexit deal

Britain provided assurances to the European Union on Saturday that it will not insist on interpreting the Brexit withdrawal agreement as binding the EU to apply a future EU-UK trade treaty to Gibraltar, soothing Spanish concerns on the issue.

The British government "will negotiate the future agreements implementing the Joint Political Declaration on behalf of all territories for whose external relations the UK is responsible to ensure an appropriate and beneficial future relationship with the EU, taking into account their existing relationships with the European Union," according to a letter from British ambassador to the EU council Tim Barrow.

The letter was published online by the British government.