The Declaration of Brussels, signed in March of 2010 by various Nobel Peace Prize winners, marked a starting point for the progressive implication of the international community in favour of a resolution process in the Basque Country.
Since then the initiatives have been constant, from the Basque Country as well as from the International sphere in support of building a scenario of peace in the Basque Country.
Sortu's European Delegate Igor Zulaika will attend a conference hosted by Sinn Fein next Saturday 19 in London.
The conference "Towards a new Ireland: a new phase of the peace process" is held on the 15h anniversary of th Good Friday Agreement. According to the organizers: these fifteen years have seen a positive transformation in Ireland and in relations between Britain and Ireland.
While immense progress has been made, the organisers of the London event have stressed that "this process has to continue to move forward in its current phase and set out a new chapter to ensure equality and change are achieved." The Agreement enshrines the principle of self-determination, including the provision of a mechanism for constitutional change.
In the first place we wish to express our deepest solidarity with those arrested and their families, and our recognition for the work that, from Herrira those arrested have carried out in defence of the rights of Basque prisoners.
That said we wish to point out the seriousness of the police operation that began yesterday and that is completely tied to the new political time opened in the Basque Country. The time to build peace and democratic coexistence for our people.