Spain's ETA ready to disband if certain conditions met
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A member of the Basque separatist group ETA, Izaskun Lesaka, 37, responsible for its arms and explosives caches was arrested in eastern France on Sunday, officials said. ETA said on Saturday it was ready to discuss disbanding with France and Spain if certain conditions are met, in a statement published on a Basque news site. -- PHOTO: AP
MADRID (AFP) - Spain's armed Basque separatist group ETA said on Saturday it was ready to discuss disbanding with France and Spain if certain conditions are met, in a statement published on a Basque news site.
The group, which last year said it had abandoned violence after a four-decade campaign for an independent homeland that claimed more than 800 lives, said one outstanding issue was the transfer of Basque prisoners to jails closer to home.
ETA wanted to discuss "formulas and timetables" to bring home prisoners and Basque political exiles; disarmament and the break-up of its armed structures; and the demobilisation of ETA members.
The statement ran on Naiz.info, the website of the Basque newspaper Gara.
