The World - News from Nov. 7, 1986
Spain’s Basque country erupted in protests against France’s expulsion of six suspected separatist guerrillas as French Premier Jacques Chirac paid his first official visit to Madrid. Demonstrators blocked expressways and roads around several Basque towns, set fire to a French-registered truck and stoned the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party in Hernani. During his seven-hour visit to Madrid, Chirac met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. The most important issue “is the anti-terrorism struggle,” a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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