Puigdemont not intends to seek asylum in Belgium

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  • 31 October, 2017
  • 13:24
Puigdemont not intends to seek asylum in Belgium
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Baku. 31 October. REPORT.AZ/ Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said in Brussels on Tuesday he had not come to Belgium to apply for asylum.

Report informs citing the foreign media, Puigdemont said today at a press conference in Brussels.

He told a press conference he came to the Belgian capital to “avoid threats.”

Puigdemont did not specify when he would return home, saying “it depends” on guarantees from the Spanish government.