Basque president Juan Jose Ibarretxe (L) shakes hands with bishop emeritus of San Sebastian Jose Maria Setien (R) in Vitoria before a march and prayer meeting January 13, 2001 in the first joint event organized by the Basque and Navarrese bishops to call on the Basque armed separatist group ETA to give up its weapons. A call for peace in the Basque Country from the Pope was read out in front of about 45,000 people.

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