Japan adds PKK to Public Security Intelligence Agencys list of major terror groups

Published December 06,2023

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The PKK is listed in Japan’s Public Security Intelligence Agency’s (PSIA) listing of terrorist organizations, the nation’s embassy in Türkiye underlined on Wednesday.

The Japanese Embassy in Ankara stated in a press release that Tokyo has already acknowledged that the PKK is a terrorist group and frozen its belongings since 2002.

Stressing that the nation’s stance on the matter has not modified since then, it famous that the listing of terrorist organizations on the web site of its Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) was up to date just a few days in the past, with the PKK added to it.

The PKK had not been on the beforehand up to date listing of the PSIA’s Major International Terrorist Organizations, which included each native and worldwide terrorist organizations equivalent to Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, ISIS/Daesh, the Japanese Red Army, and Aum Shinrikyo, however not the PKK.

The assertion added that the Japanese authorities condemns terrorist acts that the PKK has perpetrated.

In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the US, and EU — has been accountable for the deaths of greater than 40,000 folks, together with girls, kids, and infants.

In response to questions by Anadolu, a PSIA official stated the Türkiye part of the company’s up to date Terrorism Regional Situation catalog supplied previous and present data on terrorist organizations like ISIS/Daesh, the PKK, and Al-Qaeda.