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PKK threatens France after arrest of senior member

11 October 2012 20:15 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) threatened France in a statement citing the arrest of a senior PKK member by the state, an agency known to be closely linked to the PKK reported on Thursday.
The statement called on the French state to give up its â€œhostile policyâ€ against the Kurdish people, APA reports quoting Today’s Zaman.

â€œIf not, the Kurdistan freedom movement and the Kurdish people will act against the interests of the country,â€ the statement read.

A French court recently arrested Adem Uzun, a member of the executive council of the Kurdish National Congress (Kongra-Gel), as part of an investigation into the illegal activities of the PKK in France.

Uzun was accused of providing arms for the terrorist organization, based in northern Iraq, French media reports said.

France, which classified the PKK as a terrorist organization in 1993, has been carrying out operations against institutions and individuals known to be closely linked to the terrorist group since 2007.