In reaction to the unilateral declaration of independence by the Catalan parliament, the Czech Republic still views Catalonia as an integral part of Spain, Czech Foreign Ministry has announced.

The ministry said that the Czech Republic unequivocally supports a respect to the Constitution as a basic Law of any Democratic State, which guarantees Rights and Freedoms to all its citizens.

Declaration of Catalan Independence was in a clear contradiction with the Spanish Constitution, the ministry added.

The Czech Republic is convinced that internal political crisis in Spain must be solved only by legal steps and by a dialogue in the frame of the Spanish Constitutional System, it added.

The Spanish government stripped the region of its autonomy after its controversial independence vote in parliament Friday, effectively taking charge of its government.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the dissolution of the regional parliament and the removal of the Catalan leader, with an official state bulletin handing control of Catalonia to Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.

Snap elections were called in the region, which also saw its most senior police officials dismissed and demonstrations for and against independence running on into the night.