Basque group halts attacks on politicians
The Basque separatist group ETA issued a statement today saying it had halted attacks against “elected members of political parties".
The statement, published in the radical Basque daily Gara, said that as of June 1 ETA had “closed the front” against elected politicians because of changes it had noticed in the political atmosphere.
It was now up to Madrid and Paris to “respond positively to the willingness shown by ETA in recent months,” the statement said.
The statement was published a day after the group offered dialogue to end the conflict in the northern Spanish region, but ignored demands that it disarm - vowing to fight until Spain acknowledges Basques have the right to self-determination.
