Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Friday he will comply with whatever decision a Belgian court makes over the extradition of axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont.

"I trust the legal process and, above all, I respect and abide by its decisions," Rajoy said on the sidelines of an EU summit in Gothenburg, Sweden, after Belgian prosecutors asked a judge to extradite Puigdemont from Belgium.