MADRID, April 4 - Spains foreign ministry denied a Spanish naval vessel had made an illegal incursion into hotly disputed waters off the British enclave of Gibraltar on Tuesday.
The government of Gibraltar, a peninsula on the southern tip of Spain, said earlier that a Spanish patrol ship had entered its territorial waters without permission.
A spokesman for Spains foreign ministry said Spain did not recognize the waters as belonging to Gibraltar and the ship had been on a routine patrol.[BREAK... [see source for more information]