"These days there have been those who have interestedly activated the disinformation machinery again, by some judge... I reiterate that the Government of President Aragonès has never been in contact with the Russian government or its environment. Neither Russia nor the environment of Putin has never been on the list of possible allies or collaborators. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and EU, Meritxell Serret, wanted to nip in the bud this morning any speculation about alleged links of the current president of the Generalitat with the Russian plot.
A few days ago, Judge Joaquín Aguirre reactivated the investigations within the framework of the Voloh operation and with it the speculations about alleged contacts of members of the Generalitat with Russia.
However, with his words at the breakfast organized by Nueva Economía Fórum at the Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Serret has marked distances between ERC and the Government, on the one hand, and Carles Puigdemont's entourage, on the other.
It has been two years since Esquerra believes that this nucleus attached to the former president of the Generalitat had contacts. "[The links with the Russians] are a serious mistake," Oriol Junqueras said in March 2022, because ERC is convinced, as he said, that "only with the support of Western democracies" will Catalonia achieve independence. Also Gabriel Rufián in That's when he lit the fuse: he mixed "the gentlemen" of the independence orbit "who think they are James Bond" with personalities supposedly close to the Kremlin.
"Quite the opposite: our frame of reference is and will always be the EU. We are aligned with Brussels with regard to Ukraine and, above all, the frontal rejection of Russia's aggression," Serret added just after those first words. at breakfast today.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has applauded the aid worth 50,000 million euros of aid that the European Union has approved for Kyiv and that was unblocked yesterday: "We have to make every effort to prevent the Ukrainian economy from collapsing, continue negotiating accession to the EU and advance everything that allows us to give stability to people who are suffering.
Serret has also spoken out about Israel's invasion of Gaza. He has once again demanded a ceasefire and has unequivocally opted for a diplomatic solution that involves the recognition of the states of Israel and Palestine. In addition, Serret has demanded that health care be ensured and that human rights be respected, while at the same time he has opted to carry out "any investigation that delves into what may be violations of rights" or "indiscriminate killings."
