President Sánchez finally calls Fernando Clavijo

The initiative aims to lower the tension between the central government and the Canary Islands

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the Canary Islands Fernando Clavijo held a telephone conversation on Thursday afternoon about the crisis caused by the MV Hondius, which has gone “well,” according to sources from the central government told to Europa Press.

The same sources explained that the discussion took place within the “framework of collaboration between institutions and the institutional loyalty required at this moment,” a statement confirmed to Europa Press by sources from the regional government.

Clavijo had indicated his willingness to travel even to Madrid to meet the Prime Minister following the government’s decision to disembark the crew of the affected cruise ship on the island of Tenerife, although the conversation ultimately took place by phone.