BRUSSELS (A.A) - 19.04.2002 - Permanent representatives of the European Union (EU) member countries in Brussels started to review the list of terrorist organizations.
The EU had determined the first list of terrorist organizations and the terrorists in the wake of September 11 terrorist attacks, and decided to review this list once in six month.
The first list in question did not include terrorist organizations like PKK and DHKP-C, whose activities are known in Turkey and Western Europe, despite insistent demands of Ankara.
EU Permanent Representatives Council (COREPER) initiated a process to examine the names which were proposed by member or candidate countries to be included in the list. COREPER will determine them at the beginning of May, and is expected to present the list to the approval of General Affairs Council in foreign ministers level on May 13.
It is seen as a great possibility that PKK and ERNK, shown as the political flank of this organization, and DHKP-C will be included in the list of terrorist organizations.
Diplomatic sources of Belgium, which exhibited the most negative attitude in this respect, pointed out that the issue was discussed in governmental level, and that green light would be shed to the inclusion of the names of those two terrorist organizations in question within the framework of some specific conditions.
Turkey's Permanent Representation to the EU said developments regarding the issue was covered, yet noted that a decision was not expected to be issued today.