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Eta 'renews commitment to peace' | Eta 'renews commitment to peace' |
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The Basque separatist group Eta has said it is ready to make new commitments to peace if Spanish authorities end "attacks" against it. | The Basque separatist group Eta has said it is ready to make new commitments to peace if Spanish authorities end "attacks" against it. |
In an interview in the Basque newspaper Gara, Eta said it stood by its ceasefire declaration of March 2006. | |
Many Eta members have been arrested since it detonated a bomb in December. | |
The government said on Saturday it would not comment on the interview, but added that Eta "only had to take one single step: renounce violence". | |
Accusation | |
Two people died in the blast in a car park in Madrid airport, the first such attack since the ceasefire came into effect. | Two people died in the blast in a car park in Madrid airport, the first such attack since the ceasefire came into effect. |
The bombing led the government to declare it was abandoning the peace process and that there could be no dialogue with Eta while it was engaged in violence. | The bombing led the government to declare it was abandoning the peace process and that there could be no dialogue with Eta while it was engaged in violence. |
In its five-page interview, Eta said it was committed to a real democratic solution to the Basque conflict and that it was "time to act responsibly". | |
Eta accused Spain's ruling Socialist party and moderate Basque nationalist PNV party of blocking peace moves. | |
The group is seeking an independent state in northern Spain and south-west France. | The group is seeking an independent state in northern Spain and south-west France. |
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