MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In case of a unilateral declaration of independence, the regional Catalan government will "close doors to dialogue" with Madrid, Spanish Ambassador to Russia Ignacio Ybanez Rubio said in an interview with Sputnik on Tuesday.
Later in the day, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont is expected to deliver an address at the regional parliament on the results of the October 1 referendum. The possibility of the Catalan parliament making a unilateral declaration of region's independence has not been ruled out.
"We think that there is room for discussion… but the most important element is that they don't keep on these lines. If they… declare, let's say, independence because it's only the inside declaration by themselves and not something which is going to be applied in the reality, but if they going to do that, of course, they are themselves closing the door for any discussion," Ybanez said.
The ambassador pointed out that the Spanish government was "always ready to discuss any issue," saying that such issues as the independence of a region should be "decided by the national parliament."
Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria has said that the Spanish government would take action to "restore law and democracy" in the event Catalonia declares independence.
On October 1, of the 2.26 million Catalans who participated in the independence vote, 90 percent supported the region's secession.
