Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will hold a meeting with The head of Catalonia breakaway region government To strengthen ties damaged by the phone hacking scandal, the two sides said on Friday.
improve relationships key for Sanchez’s leftist minority government, which relies on on Catalan leader Pierre Aragones, pro-independence party to me pass legislation in The national parliament.
They have been nervous since Canada digital rights group Citizen Lab said in April An mobile phones of over 60 people The targets associated with the Catalan separatist movement were the targets of Pegasus spyware after file failed attempt independence.
while the group He said he can’t directly They attribute the espionage operations to governmentCircumstantial evidence pointed to the Spanish authorities.
Aragones who was his phone one of The phones allegedly targeted, repeatedly demanded a meeting with Sanchez to discuss the issue.
The two leaders will meet on July 15 in Madrid and the Spanish and Catalan governments said after a meeting in Madrid between Parliamentary Affairs Minister Felix Bolanos and his Catalan counterpart, Laura Villagra.
Catalonia needs dialogue. number more tension. number more Confrontation, we will never turn our backs againsaid Bolanos A news conference after meeting.
sides also I depend “framework Agreement ‘to resume talks aimed at ‘resolving the political conflict’ sparked by Catalonia failed Catalan independence bid government He said.
Conversations between Sanchez government and Catalonia in February 2020 but was quickly suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
they resume in September 2021 after Central government He pardoned nine serving separatist prisoners jail terms over Catalonia independence bid 2017 made a little progress.
Although Spain admitted that its intelligence services had spied on phones of 18 separatist leaders, ‘the vast majority’ said of Numbers identified by Citizen Lab have been hacked byunknown representatives.”
