Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont says he is in Belgium

Carles Puigdemont, leader of Catalan separatist party Junts and secretary general Jordi Turull attend a welcoming event organised by the party in Barcelona

MADRID (Reuters) - Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Friday that he was in Belgium and never had the intention of surrendering himself nor facilitating his arrest.

"I'm in Waterloo after extremely difficult days," he wrote on X.

(Reporting by Ana Cantero; Editing by Leslie Adler)