Basque Group Wants Talks With France
Basque separatists called Wednesday for negotiations with France, where the rebel group has long made territorial claims. The armed group ETA issued a statement saying the cease-fire it declared March 22 still stands and it wants to take the peace process "to the end." The statement said France had imposed "silence and censure" on its people to mask the fact that ETA claims territory in Basque-speaking regions of southwest France as well as parts of northern Spain for an independent homeland and must now be part of the peace process. ETA said France "must give a positive response, taking concrete steps on the path to recognizing the rights of Basque citizens and showing its commitment to finding a democratic solution to the conflict."
The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the search for a political solution to the Spanish Basque issue was a matter for Spain.
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