Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Spain has ended the peace process with Basque terrorist group ETA, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said after the main opposition party asked the government for a clearer statement on its position following a truck bomb.

``It's ETA who has broken, done away with and ended the peace process,'' Perez Rubalcaba said today at a Madrid press conference.

Ignacio Astarloa, a member of the Popular Party, earlier today asked the government to make a ``formal declaration'' of the end of talks with the group, which has killed more than 800 people in 40 years.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the government ``suspended'' all initiatives for dialogue with Basque terrorist group ETA Dec. 30 after concluding it planted a truck bomb in Madrid's Barajas airport that destroyed a four-story parking structure and left two people presumed dead.

``Now that this is clear, it would be fantastic to be able to work together to try to end the problem of violence in Spain,'' Perez Rubalcaba said. He added he has scheduled meetings with all of the political parties to inform them of the situation and discuss strategy Jan. 9 and 10.

The bombing ruptured a ``permanent'' cease-fire the separatist group announced in March that had persuaded Spain's Socialist Party-led government to begin talks in July. ETA had not killed in an attack in more than three-and-a-half years.

ETA has been campaigning since the late 1960s for an independent state comprising the Basque-speaking provinces of northern Spain and southern France.

To contact the reporter on this story: Thomas Mulier in Madrid at tmulier@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: January 2, 2007 12:32 EST