Catalan leader proclaims independence, delays effects pending talks

October 11, 2017 12:01 am | Updated December 03, 2021 10:46 am IST - MADRID

President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, speaks in his address to the Catalan Parliament at the Palau del Parlament de Catalunya on October 10, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, speaks in his address to the Catalan Parliament at the Palau del Parlament de Catalunya on October 10, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday proclaimed the region's independence from Spain but said the effects would be postponed to allow for talks.

“I assume the mandate that Catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic... I propose suspending the effects of the declaration of independence to undertake talks to reach an agreed solution,” Mr. Puigdemont told the regional Parliament.

He however stopped short of seeking the explicit support of the chamber for the declaration of independence in a vote.

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