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</font><font size=4>Eta ceasefire statement in full <br>
January 10, 2011<br>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12152928">
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12152928</a><br>
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</font><font size=4>The Basque separatist group Eta has announced a
permanent ceasefire in its campaign for independence from Spain, which
has cost most than 800 lives over the past 40 years. This is the
statement in full.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"With this declaration Eta, the Basque socialist
revolutionary organisation for national liberation, wishes to give news
of its decision to the Basque Country:<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>In recent months, from Brussels to Gernika
[Guernica], well known personalities on the world level and many Basque
social and political actors, have stressed the need to bring a just and
democratic solution to the centuries-old conflict. ETA agrees. The
solution will come through the democratic process with dialogue and
negotiation as its tools and with its compass pointed towards the will of
the Basque people.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>The democratic process has to overcome all situations
of denial and violations of rights and must respond to the key elements
at the heart of the political conflict, namely territorial sovereignty
and self-determination. <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>It is the task of the Basque social and political
actors to reach agreements in order to come to an agreed formulation
concerning the recognition of the Basque Country and of the right to
decide, ensuring that all political projects, including independence, are
possible. At the end of the process, Basque citizens must have their say
and a right to decide on their future without any limit or interference.
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</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>All parties have to commit themselves to respect the
agreements reached as well as the decision of the Basque people, and to
put in place guarantees and mechanisms to this end.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Therefore, ETA has decided to declare a permanent and
general ceasefire which will be verifiable by the international
community. This is ETA's firm commitment towards a process to achieve a
lasting resolution and towards an end to the armed confrontation. <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>It is time to act with historical responsibility. ETA
calls upon those governing Spain and France to end all repressive
measures and to leave aside for once and for all their position of denial
towards the Basque Country. <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>ETA will continue its indefatigable struggle and
efforts to promote and to bring to a conclusion the democratic process
until there is a truly democratic situation in the Basque Country. <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Long live the free Basque country! Long live the
Socialist Basque country!"<br>
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Spain's ETA in permanent ceasefire <br>
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Basque separatists declare "commitment to lasting resolution"
in Spain and France, ending over 30 years of bloodshed<br>
10 Jan 2011 11:49 GMT <br>
<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/01/201111011133673299.html">
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/01/201111011133673299.html</a>
<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>The Basque separatist group ETA has declared a
permanent ceasefire after more than three decades of fighting for a
homeland independent of Spain.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>The group announced the truce in a statement
published on the website of the Basque-language newspaper Gara on
Monday.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"ETA has decided to declare a permanent and
general ceasefire which will be verifiable by the international
community," the group said.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"This is ETA's firm commitment towards a process
to achieve a lasting resolution and towards an end to the armed
confrontation.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"It is time to act with historic responsibility.
ETA calls upon those governing Spain and France to end all repressive
measures and to leave aside for once and for all their position of denial
towards the Basque Country," it said.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Scepticsm valid<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Guy Hedgecoe, editor of the news website Qorreo.com
in Madrid, told Al Jazeera the announcement is a significant development,
but that people in Spain are sceptical.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"We have seen ceasefires before, the most recent
was in 2006," he said.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"The reason people might be a little cautious
today despite this announcement is that they'll look back to 2006 when
ETA announced their ceasefire then. They unilaterally ended that one by
planting a bomb in Madrid-Barajas airport, which killed two people.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"But seeing the fact that they've said this is
permanent and internationally verifiable by outside observers is
encouraging."<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Change in strategy<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>ETA has been fighting for a separate homeland for
Basque-speaking people in northern Spain and southwestern France for more
than three decades.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>It is considered a terrorist organisation by the
European Union and the United States. It has killed more than 825 people
since the late 1960s.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>The group had been pressed for a change in strategy
by some members currently serving prison terms for violent acts.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Hedgecoe told Al Jazeera that Monday's announcement
was triggered by a great deal of pressure on the group to declare a
ceasefire in recent months, including from its own political wing.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>"They've been publicly pressurising ETA to move
in the direction of a peaceful solution and to end its violent
campaign."<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>The Spanish government has repeatedly said progress
can be made only when ETA renounces violence for good.<br>
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ETA anuncia alto el fuego permanente y verificable <br>
Después de 40 años de conflicto, ETA anunció hoy un alto el fuego
"permanente, general y verificable por la comunidad
internacional". (AFP)<br>
lunes, 10 de enero de 2011
<a href="http://www.primerahora.com/etaanunciaaltoelfuegopermanenteyverificable-461311.html">
http://www.primerahora.com/etaanunciaaltoelfuegopermanenteyverificable-461311.html</a>
<br>
Prensa Asociada <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Madrid. El grupo separatista vasco ETA anunció hoy un
alto el fuego "permanente, general y verificable por la comunidad
internacional", con el que dice abrir una puerta al final de su
campaña violenta por un País Vasco independiente de España.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>En un comunicado remitido al diario vasco Gara, que
suele actuar de altavoz del entorno de ETA, la organización armada dijo
que su intención es poner fin a "la confrontación armada" que
le enfrenta con las autoridades españolas.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>ETA declaró una tregua unilateral el pasado 5 de
septiembre y este segundo comunicado se esperaba desde hacía semanas,
aunque no se conocía su contenido. El grupo vasco no mencionó en este
nuevo documento una posible entrega de las armas ni su disolución
definitiva.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>El presidente español José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
dijo hace dos semanas que el único comunicado que espera de ETA es el de
su disolución definitiva. Zapatero señaló que ya no le valen
"subterfugios" y que sólo vale el "abandono definitivo de
la violencia".<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>ETA también declaró un alto el fuego permanente en
2006, pero fue roto en diciembre de aquel mismo año con la explosión de
un potente coche bomba en el aeropuerto de Madrid que costó la vida a dos
ciudadanos ecuatorianos.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>Desde la ruptura de aquella tregua, ETA ha asesinado
a 12 personas. El último fue un agente de policía francés a las afueras
de París en julio de 2009.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=4>ETA, considerada una organización terrorista por
Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea, ha asesinado a más de 825 personas
desde finales de 1960, en su campaña por un País Vasco independiente de
España.<br><br>
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