MADRID, November 24. /TASS/. Spain withdraws its veto from the Brexit deal after reaching an agreement on the issue of Gibraltar, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.

"Europe and the United Kingdom have agreed to the requirements set by Spain, therefore, as a result, Spain will lift the veto and vote tomorrow (on Sunday, at an emergency EU summit - TASS) for the [agreement on] Brexit," he said.

According to him, "Gibraltar is a key issue for Spain."

"We have taken a decisive step forward and have absolute guarantees to resolve the conflict, which has lasted for more than 300 years," Sanchez said adding that "Spain will conduct direct negotiations with the UK over Gibraltar."

The Prime Minister stressed that after Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, "relations between Gibraltar and the European Union, political, legal and even geographical, will pass through Spain." The head of the Cabinet said that the guarantees of the reached agreements will be provided "in writing."

According to Sanchez, the European Council and the European Commission exclude that Article 184 (the article of the Brexit agreement, which caused disagreements between Madrid and London - TASS) will apply either to the future Gibraltar relations with the EU or "the territorial sphere." This article did not clearly define that future relations between the Overseas Territory and Brussels should be approved by Spain and should not be settled bilaterally between the UK and the EU.

The Spanish Prime Minister assured that "agreements that affect Gibraltar should be separate from those between the UK and the EU." According to Sanchez, this implies a "new approach to relations with Gibraltar at the European level."

On Sunday, an emergency summit of the EU heads of states and governments is to be held in Brussels. It is expected that the draft agreement on Brexit will be approved. Madrid threatened to veto the deal because its remarks on Gibraltar, overseas territory of the United Kingdom, disputed by Spain, were ignored.