Madrid : Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that he would visit Catalonia in an attempt to deal with the problems caused by the public independence poll held in the region last week.
While attending the G20 summit in Brisbane, Rajoy was questioned about the issue and the letter Catalonian President Artur Mas had sent him in the wake of last Sunday’s vote, Xinhua reported.
“I am going to go to Catalonia and I will talk to the Catalans,” Rajoy said in a press conference held in Brisbane adding that he would explain his arguments “better than I have done until now”.
He said that he would respond to the letter Monday.
Rajoy also said that although he was willing to speak to Mas, he would only do so under the terms of the Spanish Constitution as he and his ruling Peoples’ Party (PP) would never support anything that could harm the national sovereignty.
On Nov 9, 2.3 million Catalans from a possible 6 million voted in the independence poll, which according to the Spanish Constitutional Court should not have been held.