Ban Ki-moon states that the UN does not recognise Catalonia's right to self-determination

<p class="first">The United Nations does not view Spain's separatist-ruled Catalonia region as having the right to self-determination, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in an interview published Saturday.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">"Spain is an independent and sovereign country that includes the Catalan region," Ban told four Spanish newspapers, El Pais, El Mundo, ABC and La Vanguardia.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">"It is in this way that it was admitted to the United Nations and acts within the international community," he said, according to a Spanish translation of his comments published by El Pais.</span></p>
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