Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel | Aurore Belot/AFP via Getty Images Puigdemont was not invited to Belgium, PM says Former Catalan leader will have the ‘same rights’ as every other European citizen, Charles Michel says.

Belgium did not invite former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to Brussels, Prime Minister Charles Michel said Tuesday.

A statement from the prime minister's office said that "the Belgian government has not taken any steps to encourage the arrival of Mr. Puigdemont on Belgian territory."

The former Catalan leader said earlier that he did not travel to Brussels to seek asylum or to speak with Belgian politicians, but rather to "avoid threats" from the Spanish government after the country's attorney general called for charges of rebellion and sedition against Puigdemont and other members of Catalonia’s recently dismissed regional government.

The Belgian prime minister's statement also said that "Mr. Puigdemont has the same rights and responsibilities as every European citizen, no more no less," and repeated Michel's call for political dialogue to solve the current impasse in Spain.

"The government will maintain regular diplomatic contacts with Spain under the current circumstances," the statement added.