ETA says Basque peace process may be long - report
Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:09 PM BST
MADRID (Reuters) - Basque guerrilla group ETA, who announced a permanent cease-fire last month, believe any peace process will be long and tough, according to an internal bulletin quoted by a Basque television station on Tuesday.
The separatist group said it was willing to carry the political process "to the very end" although there would be "ups and downs and moments in which things break down", Basque media group EiTB reported.
ETA, classed as a terrorist organisation by the European Union and United States, declared a truce on March 22, raising hopes of an end to the armed group's near four-decade campaign which has killed around 850 people.
The bulletin, which sought to explain the reasons for the cease-fire, said it was aimed at driving a democratic process which would change the political status of the Basque region.
It said it was seeking agreement about the way in which the right to self-determination materialised, the report said.
"If concrete steps and brave decisions are not taken, it will ruin the process (and) it cannot go ahead," the group was quoted as saying.
The government has said it would like to present a plan for negotiations with ETA by the summer if the cease-fire holds.
And well, we all know that the PP and all the other Francoist morons in Spain will make sure to attempt to derail the process at every single chanche they get.
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