MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier this week, members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) pitched tents with photos in front of the EU Council building in Brussels shortly before the summit between the EU members and Ankara.
"Belgian Ambassador to Turkey Marc Trenteseau was summoned today to our ministry. He was handed a protest [note] in the context of PKK's action in Brussels," the spokesman told RIA Novosti.
He added that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had a phone conversation with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders and highlighted the unacceptability of the PKK's actions, because they had "nothing in common with a freedom of speech."
The PKK has been fighting for independence of Kurdish territories from Ankara since 1984. The group, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization, seeks to create a Kurdish state in parts of Turkey and Iraq.
