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5 September 2010

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ETA ceasefire welcomed by Gerry Adams

THE announcement by the Basque guerrilla organisation ETA of a ceasefire has been welcomed by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP.

The BBC reports:

It is unclear whether ETA is declaring a permanent or temporary ceasefire.

In the video obtained by the BBC, three hooded ETA fighters are shown sitting behind a desk with the ETA flag pinned up behind them.

The figure in the middle reads out a prepared statement defending ETA's campaign of violence but towards the end she says the group now wants to achieve its aims by peaceful, democratic means.

"In its commitment to a democratic process to decide freely and democratically our future, through dialogue and negotiations, ETA is prepared today as yesterday to agree to the minimum democratic conditions necessary to put in motion a democratic process, if the Spanish Government is willing," it adds.

"We call on all Basque citizens to continue in the struggle, each in their own field, with whatever degree of commitment they have, so that we can all cast down the wall of denial and make irreversible moves forward on the road to freedom."

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