"Catalonia does not have to give up, agreements have already been ratified in negotiations"

Núria Cuenca, Secretary General of the Presidency, would appreciate the meeting held at the headquarters of COE about Pyrenees Winter Olympic bidwhich is also present Spanish Olympic Committeerepresented by its president Alexander White; ang Government of Spainrepresented by Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Víctor Francos; and the GGovernment of Aragon, represented by the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Felipe Faci.

Núria Cuenca assessed this new meeting between all parties as positive, reaffirming the commitment of Generalitat of Catalunya including the Pyrenees Winter Olympic candidacy and remains on the agreements reached at six technical meetings before the COE announced the technical agreement and the technical proposal for distribution on April 1.

“We came here to close some of the aspects, hoping to close some of the aspects that are still open to bid. We are talking all about, about the situation, in any case that the Aragón proposal, which worked on that time, was reviewed and therefore we reaffirmed ourselves to the agreements that had already been adopted in the six technical meetings that were made.fun and therefore we hope that in the coming days in the talks that may have of the COE Aragon they can have an Olympic candidacy in which we are all committed to ourselves ”.

Below are the answers of Nuria Cuenca to questions from journalists at the end of the meeting:

POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM

“Everyone is in the meetings, reviews or dialogues that the COE may have in Aragon in relation to the alternative proposal they have proposed. But both the COE and the Spanish Government have defended the agreements already ratified at six meetings of the Technical Commission and this is the situation where we see ourselves “

CAN CATALUNYA CONTINUE WITHOUT ARAGON?

“What Catalonia will do is defend the agreements proposed at these six technical meetings. We have a consultation planned for July and these are the agreements that we will defend and communicate to the citizens”

DO YOU SEE CATALUNYA IN NEW CONVERSATIONS?

“Catalonia sees itself as maintaining and defending the agreements adopted at the six technical meetings, which are also now defended by the COE and the Spanish Government, so we believe this will be the starting point for the talks that may have COE in Aragon “

CONVINCE ARAGÓN TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT

“It is Aragón that has already given its favorable vote on the agreements they have assumed at the meetings of the Technical Commission, therefore it should be Aragón who expresses its position”

IS CATALUNYA IN THE MEETINGS WITH ARAGÓN AND COE?

“Catalonia is always in meetings where the Olympic candidacy needs to be raised, because our commitment is in the project and we are always in these meetings”

CATALUNYA, IN SUPPORT OF THE COE AND THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT

“It is when a negotiation is opened and the game lines are marked, one is confident that they will be preserved, and not the COE and the central government supporting us as Catalonia, it is that they understand the agreement reached on time “

WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE THINGS

“They have to ask Aragón, we stick to the agreements we have already ratified. There we have already made negotiations. Our intention is that the candidacy is the best technical and defensive, we believe that the agreements adopted comply with these. decisions and we will follow it “

UNFAIR AND UNFAIR SHARE?

“All I know is that Aragón in the Technical Commissions where the proposal was voted, voted in favor. So, at the moment for them the proposal that was agreed upon is fair, otherwise they wouldn’t have voted in favor”

SUMUAD NG WALANG ARAGÓN

“Catalonia’s commitment to the Olympic bid or to the Olympic project continues for many years. Therefore, Catalonia will always be where this project can become a reality”

READY TO GIVE

“We don’t have to give up anything because the agreements have already been ratified”

AGREEMENT IS DIFFICULT TO REACH

“We have already done a negotiation in Aragón and what we are keeping are the agreements adopted between the three parties”

DID ANYTHING HELP MEET TODAY FOR ANYTHING?

“Yes, it always helps to sit down and talk and share the situation and the positions of the parties”