Spain has dismissed as insufficient a ceasefire offer by the Basque separatist organization ETA, insisting that ETA had to "renounce violence completely, forever," according to Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba "We are not going to change a dot or a comma in our antiterrorist policy," he said on Monday. What we want is for ETA to renounce violence, so long as it does not break with violence it will not be admitted into institutions," he added.
Spain has dismissed as insufficient a ceasefire offer by the Basque separatist organization ETA, insisting that ETA had to "renounce violence completely, forever," according to Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba
"We are not going to change a dot or a comma in our antiterrorist policy," he said on Monday. What we want is for ETA to renounce violence, so long as it does not break with violence it will not be admitted into institutions," he added.
AFP - A ceasefire declaration by Basque separatist fighters ETA is insufficient and the group must renounce violence forever, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday. "ETA has to renounce violence completely, forever," said Rubalcaba, the most senior member of the government yet to react to Sunday's video declaration by three hooded ETA members. The ETA statement was very far from meeting the demands of the Spanish government and even ETA's own outlawed political wing Batasuna: "a definitive and unconditional abandonment of armed struggle," he told the Spanish public television station TVE. ETA declared in a video statement Sunday that it had decided several months ago to halt violent attacks but it did not say whether the ceasefire was permanent or temporary.
AFP - A ceasefire declaration by Basque separatist fighters ETA is insufficient and the group must renounce violence forever, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday.
"ETA has to renounce violence completely, forever," said Rubalcaba, the most senior member of the government yet to react to Sunday's video declaration by three hooded ETA members.
The ETA statement was very far from meeting the demands of the Spanish government and even ETA's own outlawed political wing Batasuna: "a definitive and unconditional abandonment of armed struggle," he told the Spanish public television station TVE.
ETA declared in a video statement Sunday that it had decided several months ago to halt violent attacks but it did not say whether the ceasefire was permanent or temporary.
Spain's socialist government today ruled out negotations with the armed Basque separatist group Eta, claiming the organisation had announced a ceasefire purely because it was too weak to carry out terrorist attacks."Eta kills in order to impose itself, so that means one cannot dialogue," said the interior minister, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba. "Eta has stopped because it cannot do anything ... and also in order to rebuild itself."
Spain's socialist government today ruled out negotations with the armed Basque separatist group Eta, claiming the organisation had announced a ceasefire purely because it was too weak to carry out terrorist attacks.
"Eta kills in order to impose itself, so that means one cannot dialogue," said the interior minister, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba. "Eta has stopped because it cannot do anything ... and also in order to rebuild itself."
