英国谴责西班牙直布罗陀执法侵犯英主权

The Sandy Bay area of Gibraltar, where the incursion is said to have occurred

据称发生入侵行为的直布罗陀沙湾(Sandy Bay)地区

The British Foreign Office has accused Spain of “a clear violation of UK sovereignty” for sending ships into territorial waters off the coast of Gibraltar.

英国外交部(British Foreign Office)谴责西班牙派遣船只进入直布罗陀沿岸领海的行为“明显侵犯了英国主权”。

Officials in London raised the alarm after the Royal Navy escorted the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera — the Spanish police’s drugs and money-laundering squad — out of what the Foreign Office said were British waters over the weekend.

伦敦的多名官员都发出了这一警告。此前，在上周末，英国皇家海军(Royal Navy)监视伴航西班牙海关监察队（Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera，简称SVA，西班牙警方的反毒和反洗钱队伍）驶离英国外交部称为英国领海的水域。

The row marks an escalation in the long-running dispute between the two countries over Gibraltar, which was ceded to Britain three centuries ago but which Spanish authorities want to reclaim.

这一争执标志着英西两国围绕直布罗陀的长期争议出现升级。直布罗陀是三个世纪前割让给英国的，但西班牙当局希望收回直布罗陀的主权。

Hugo Swire, Foreign Office minister, said on Sunday that he understood that the Spanish were pursuing vessels which may have been committing crimes.

英国外交部国务大臣雨果斯怀尔(Hugo Swire)上周日表示，他了解到西班牙方面当时在追逐可能在从事犯罪活动的船只。

“However, it is completely unacceptable and unlawful under the international law of the sea to enter our waters without notifying us,” he said.

“然而，依据国际海洋法，在未通知我们的情况下进入我们的水域，是完全不可接受的和非法的行为，”斯怀尔表示。

“These repeated incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters are a clear violation of UK sovereignty by another EU country and we will be raising this as a matter of urgency with the Spanish authorities.”

“对英国直布罗陀领海的多次入侵，是另一个欧盟(EU)国家对英国主权的明显侵犯。我们将把这个问题作为紧急事项与西班牙当局展开磋商。”

Last October, the British government expressed “grave concern” over manoeuvres carried out by a Spanish research vessel off Gibraltar, and summoned the Spanish ambassador to discuss the issue.

去年10月，英国政府对一艘西班牙科考船在直布罗陀沿海展开的机动表示“严重关切”，并曾召见西班牙大使讨论这一问题。

In the most recent incident, the Spanish police pursued smugglers by boat and are also thought to have flown a helicopter over the Sandy Bay beach area on the east coast of the territory.

在最近这起事件中，西班牙警方曾派遣舰艇追逐走私船，并被认为曾派一架直升机驶入直布罗陀东岸的沙湾海滩上空。

Responding to reports of these activities, the Gibraltarian authorities said that they should have been asked to assist in catching the criminals once the chase looked like it would go into UK-controlled waters. Fabian Picardo, the chief minister, argued that the incursions had been dangerous.

作为对有关上述活动报道的回应，直布罗陀当局表示，当这种追逐看起来有可能进入英国控制的水域时，本应立刻请求他们协助抓捕罪犯。直布罗陀总督费边皮卡尔多(Fabian Picardo)称，这种入侵行为很危险。

“I am sure I am speaking for the whole of Gibraltar when I say that we consider this has been a serious and unnecessary failure on the part of the Spanish SVA [money-laundering squad] which has had outrageous consequences in respect of the violation of our sovereignty,” he said.

他说：“我确信我是在代表整个直布罗陀作如下表示：我们认为，这是西班牙SVA方面严重而毫无必要的失误，它在侵犯我们主权方面已造成了严重后果。”

He added that the lack of co-operation had resulted in the escape of a criminal who should have faced justice for drug trafficking.

皮卡尔多补充说，由于双方缺乏合作，已导致原本应因贩毒而面临审判的罪犯得以逃脱。

“We all want to stop the drug smugglers,” he said. “It beggars belief that the SVA have acted in this way that, in effect, has allowed a criminal who should be behind bars to get away.”

他说：“我们都希望阻止贩毒。难以相信SVA会以这种方式行事，这种行事方式在实质上令本应被绳之以法的犯罪分子得以逃脱。”

But the Spanish authorities denied any wrongdoing.

不过，西班牙当局否认有过任何不当行为。

An official from the foreign ministry said: “The waters are Spanish”.

西班牙外交部一名官员称：“这片水域是西班牙的。”

“It was Spanish boats patrolling in Spanish waters to control illegal activities such as tobacco smuggling or illegal fishing,” the official added.

这名官员补充说：“这次行动的性质是，西班牙舰艇为遏制烟草走私或非法捕鱼等违法活动，在西班牙水域展开巡逻。”