Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont says he is in Belgium

Carles Puigdemont, leader of Catalan separatist party Junts and secretary general Jordi Turull attend a welcoming event organised by the party in Barcelona
FILE PHOTO: Carles Puigdemont, leader of Catalan separatist party Junts and its secretary general Jordi Turull, make their way as Puigdemont returns to Spain from seven years of self-imposed exile despite a pending warrant for his arrest, during a welcoming event organised by his party in Barcelona, Spain, August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont says he is in Belgium

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Friday that he was in Belgium and never had the intention of surrendering himself nor facilitating his arrest.

"I'm in Waterloo after extremely difficult days," he wrote on X.

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