REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia would not recognizes Catalonia's independence nor supports its breakaway from Spain.

"Indonesia does not recognize the self-declared independence of Catalonia," Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi pointed out in a statement carried in the Foreign Ministry's Twitter on Saturday.

The Indonesian government sees Catalonia as part of the Spanish territory. "Catalonia is an integral part of Spain. Indonesia will never recognize Catalonia's independence," the minister stated.

Catalonia declared independence after it held a self-determination referendum on Oct 1.