Kurds will stage a long march from Luxembourg to Strasbourg, France at the 18th anniversary of the 15 February international plot against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

The march to be led by the Kurdish Democratic Council of France (CDK-F) will begin in front of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg following a press briefing on February 1.

In order to condemn the international plot against Öcalan and to demand freedom for the Kurdish leader and status for Kurdistan, participants of the long march will pass through the French cities of Audin-le-Tiche, Thionville and Talange, and then Metz city.

Following a conference on the Kurdish question in Metz city, demonstrators will continue the march through the cities of Landremont, Saint-Avold, Puttelange-aux-Lacs, Sarre-Union and Phalsbourg.

Marchers will arrive in Strasbourg on February 10 when they will voice their demands in the central area housing the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and other such institutions.

The march will end on February 11 when a mass rally will be held to condemn and protest the 15 February plot with the participation of Kurds from across Europe.

CDK-F administrator Hüseyin Salih Durmuş spoke to Republicain Lorrain newspaper from the Lorraine region where a significant part of the march will take place, and stated that they will highlight their demands for freedom for Öcalan and status for Kurdistan.

Durmuş said many Kurdish representatives and intellectuals in addition to European friends of Kurds will join the march which also aims to promote the recognition of the Kurdistan reality ignored with the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Durmuş called attention to the benefits that the recognition of Kurdistan will bring to many minorities in the Middle East.

CDK-F  administrator said it was saddening that the Western support given to the Kurdish forces in Rojava is not reflected on political platform.