Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday called on European countries to be serious in countering terrorism.
"Listing the terrorist organization does not solve the problem, " Erdogan was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency during the opening ceremony of the three-day meeting of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in the Turkish largest city of Istanbul.
Erdogan said those countries who tolerate the terrorist organizations in their territories should know that terrorism would also harm their countries.
"Particularly those who remain neutral and indifferent to the issue and even support it will be hurt by the terrorism," Erdogan said.
Erdogan also said that terrorism threatened the whole world because it caused not only armed attacks, but also other crimes including drug deal, human trafficking and money laundering.
"The days to apply double standards and collude with the terrorist groups should end," he said.
Erdogan called on all the countries to refrain from policies and statements that would trigger racism, prejudice and xenophobia.
Erdogan reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to the joint fight and international cooperation against terrorism.
The tension is mounting after the deadly attack on Oct. 3, when 17 Turkish soldiers were killed by the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) based in Iraq.
The Turkish forces take tougher actions against the PKK after the country's legislature extended on Oct. 8 the government's mandate to launch cross-border operations against the rebels in northern Iraq.
The PKK took up arms in 1984 to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Some 40,000 people have been killed in the over-two-decade conflict.