Ahtisaari talks Catalonia case, even Kosovo

According to Ahtisaari, the Catalans “made a absurdity” when they unilaterally declared independence, but also that the Spanish reacted very strongly.

In addition, he urged Madrid to allow Catalan leader Carles Pucdemon to return and participate in the elections.

“We need mediation, I don't know whether the EU or the UN can join, but we shouldn't allow the situation to appear as if nothing has ever happened, Ahtisaari said.

Ahtisaari has been president of Finland and mediator of the United Nations. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2008 “for decades of engagement and mediation in the establishment of peace and resolution of conflicts across numerous continents”, reports “b92”, Periscopi broadcast.

The chairman of Catalonia and his associates are currently in Belgium following their country's declaration of independence, where they are accused of sedition, inciting rebellion, abuse of public funds and violation of trust by Spain.

Following Catalone's unilateral declaration of independence, Serbian officials repeatedly stressed that the case was the same as the Kosovo case, only after the international community stood near Kosovo and supported independence, but in Catalonia's case, that did not happen.

Catalonia's independence has been rejected by almost all world powers, such as the European Union. /Periscope.