Gibraltar’s Minister of Finance, Albert Isola, met briefly with Premier and National Security Minister Michael Dunkley yesterday in a courtesy call at the Cabinet Office.

The visiting Minister is pressing the case for bilateral agreements to work together in future commercial, regulatory and jurisdictional endeavours.

A government spokesman said a short discussion centred around Overseas Territories, jurisdictional commonalities and potential opportunities to develop a closer relationship between the two jurisdictions.

He told The Royal Gazette this week that he wished “to engage the Premier to talk through some of the initiatives that we would like to develop”.

Mr Isola said there was no intention to steal Bermuda’s business away. But he felt that a spirit of communication and cooperation would be mutually beneficial.

He said: “It’s been a very good trip, very interesting. We have a lot to learn from you and we are hoping in the process we can also pass on some of our lessons.”

Prior to yesterday’s meeting, the Premier and Minister Isola exchanged gifts.