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		</div><p>Supporters of independence for Catalonia protested against a visit to its regional capital Barcelona by Spain’s King Felipe VI, as high-level efforts to allay tensions there gain new momentum.</p>
<p>The king was in Barcelona to help mark the opening of a major international wireless trade fair, called Mobile World Congress, which begins on Monday.</p>
<p>Demonstrations against visits to Catalonia by the monarch, who is a symbol of rule from Madrid and who has criticised separatist movements, are common.</p>
<p>But despite the entrenched and confrontational positions, recent developments have raised the possibility that senior officials might find a path to some degree of compromise.</p>
<p>Scores turned out for Sunday’s demonstrations, a number far lower that in some protests in recent years.</p>
<p>The Catalan regional president, Pere Aragones, who supports Catalan independence, is due to meet in Madrid on Tuesday with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez.</p>
<p>It will be their first encounter since Mr Aragones became regional chief earlier this year.</p>
<p>The talks come exactly a week after Mr Sanchez’s government pardoned nine Catalan separatists who were in prison because of their attempts to break their region away from Spain.</p>
<p>The pardons were seen as a goodwill gesture by Mr Sanchez as he seeks a breakthrough on an issue that has dogged Spain for decades.</p>
<p>Catalonia’s separatist movement, which is supported by roughly half the 7.5 million residents in the region, wants to create a republic for the wealthy northeast corner of Spain.</p>
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