Berlin rejects Ankara's accusation of supporting "terrorists"

PanARMENIAN.Net - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has rejected a claim by his Turkish counterpart that Berlin supports anti-Ankara "terrorist groups", Press TV reports.

Steinmeier said on Tuesday, November 8 that groups such as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were banned in Germany.

"The PKK and other extremist parties are banned as terrorist groups here. They are criminally prosecuted," the German foreign minister said, adding, "That is why I cannot understand the comments made about Germany today in Turkey."

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Germany on Tuesday of being the country offering the highest level of support to the leftist militant group of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, also known as the DHKP-C, and the PKK, which has staged armed attacks against Turkey.

"Germany is the country that supports terrorist organizations against Turkey the most," Cavusoglu said in the Turkish capital Ankara. "The DHKP-C and PKK are carrying out activities in Germany, but they support those because they are against Turkey."