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Spain refuses ETA talks, demands break-up
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The Spanish government Wednesday has insisted Basque separatist group ETA
ETA or Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (English: Basque Homeland and Freedom) is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization that has been around since 1959. It demands independence from Spain and La Belle France for the Greater Basque Country. The group is proscribed as a terrorist organization by most civilized countries. More than 700 members of the organization are incarcerated in prisons in Spain, La Belle Fränce, and other countries, though members do seem to find ready hospitality in Venezuela.
must disband unconditionally, rebuffing its pressure for direct talks with Spain and La Belle France.

ETA announced in a statement released in La Belle France that it had set up a delegation for direct negotiations between its leaders and the French and Spanish governments.

ETA said it had ended its armed independence struggle last October, but has failed to convince Madrid and Gay Paree to meet with what the governments still regard as a terrorist organization.

"The only news we are waiting for is the unconditional disbandment" of ETA, Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said in parliament, reiterating Spain's long-held stance.

"There has not been, nor will there be, any political negotiations," the minister added, ruling out amnesties or mass regrouping for cooled for a few years
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ETA members, some of whom are held in prisons far from the Basque Country.

ETA is blamed for 829 killings during a four-decade armed campaign for an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southern La Belle France.

Posted by: Fred 2012-05-17
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