France said a move by the Basque separatist group ETA to hand over weapons on Saturday was a "major step" and "an undeniably important day."
"This stage of neutralising an arsenal of arms and explosives is a major step," Interior Minister Matthias Fekl said. ETA earlier handed the French authorities a list of arms caches, an operation that it hasRead more
Spain on Saturday demanded that Basque separatist group ETA apologise for decades of violence and then disband "definitively" after it provided France with a list of arms caches to finalise a promise to disarm.
In a statement, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the arms cache move signalled the "definitive defeat" of ETA, blamed for 829 deaths dating back to 1968.Read more
The Basque separatist group ETA has given the French police a list of 12 arms caches in southwestern France under its unilateral initiative to disarm, informed sources told AFP on Saturday.
The caches are located in the departments, or counties, of the Gers, Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrenees, they said. ETA announced earlier this week that it would hand over all itsRead more