Reuters citing Spanish media sources 16 Oct

The comment comes after earlier sight of letter from Puigdemont to PM Rajoy where he declined to clarify position on independence.

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Update: Spanish deputy PM to make a statement at 08.30 GMT

Still to be decided it would appear