Spanish and British foreign ministers meet in London ahead of crunch talks in Brussels to thrash out Gibraltar deal as hard border looms [Video]

THE Spanish foreign minister has flown to London for talks with his British counterpart ahead of crunch treat talks in Brussels on Thursday.

David Lammy hosted a working lunch with Jose Manuel Albares at Carlton House Terrace, the official residence of the British foreign minister, to thrash out the details of a post-Brexit border deal.

“Today we will work on a future agreement to ensure that we create this zone of shared prosperity between Gibraltar and the 300,000 Andalucians who are connected with the Rock every day,” Albares told reporters at the start of the meeting.

“We believe that it is in the interests of everyone that the United Kingdom comes as close as possible to the European Union.”

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Lammy said that the UK shared these goals to achieve ‘prosperity …