His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has affirmed the United Arab Emirates' categorical support for the unity of the Kingdom of Spain and for the Spanish government's constitutional measures to keep the country's integrity and sovereignty.

H.H. Sheikh Mohamed, in a phone call with Spain's King Felipe VI, said that the UAE is closely following up the alarming developments taking place in Spain in the wake of Catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence, underlining the necessity of resorting to dialogue in line with the Spanish constitution in a way that preserves the unity of the Kingdom of Spain and its land integrity and tackles the current developments via serious talks based on laws and legislation currently in place.