Relationship between Catalonia and Flanders won’t be affected, officials agree in meeting

The Catalan foreign minister, Ernest Maragall, met the Flemish leader, Geert Bourgeois, on Friday, only few days after the diplomatic clash between Spain and Flanders.

During the meeting, held in Brussels, both agreed that the open conflict will not affect the relationship between both territories.

Talking to the press after the meeting, Maragall said that the issue will not bring “any change in the intensity of the presence or relationship of Flanders with Catalonia.” He also made sure both countries will continue working “as normal.”

Bourgeois, through the Belgian foreign ministry, has summoned the Spanish ambassador in Belgium, who has accepted sitting with him.

Maragall said that in this meeting, Spain’s representative will have the opportunity to rectify.