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Spain, France to create joint police investigation unit to fight ETA
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 09 - 12 - 2007

Spain and France will create a
permanent, joint police unit to investigate the armed
Basque separatist group ETA, the Spanish prime minister
said Sunday, according to AP.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the accord came during
talks in Portugal's capital Saturday with French President
Nicolas Sarkozy on the sidelines of an EU-Africa summit.
ETA members have traditionally hidden out in southern
France. Spain and France already cooperate in fighting ETA,
but Zapatero said they will now enhance this work by
creating a joint police unit that will focus exclusively on
investigating ETA with an eye to heading off attacks.
«It is a qualitative step that will certainly bear
fruit,» Zapatero told a news conference.
Two Spanish policemen were fatally shot Dec. 1 by
suspected ETA members in the resort town of Capbreton in
southern France. Last week, France arrested two suspects in
the case but a third remains at large.
Sarkozy said Saturday that France was determined to make
the final arrest, treating the case «as if the victims
were French.»
Zapatero said Sunday «we owe France much more than
gratitude for its attitude of collaboration.»
The Spanish government blames ETA for 821 killings since
1968, including the latest two. ETA claims Basque areas of
France for the independent nation it wants to create in
land straddling the border between France and Spain.


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