The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) threatened France in a statement following the arrest of a senior PKK member, an agency known to be closely linked to the PKK reported on Thursday, Oct 11.

The statement called on France to give up its “hostile policy” against the Kurdish people, the Fırat news agency reported, according to Today’s Zaman.

“If not, the Kurdistan freedom movement and the Kurdish people will act against the interests of the country,” 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 activity 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.