“The publication of the photos of the meeting between President Barzani and General Mazloum pleased every Kurd,” Sinam Mohamad, a Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) representative to the US, told Rudaw. The SDC is the political wing of the SDF.
Barzani and Abdi met in Erbil on Friday to discuss Kurdish unity against the backdrop of the events in Syria, over a month after Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled by an Islamist-led coalition that pressured northeast Syria’s (Rojava) opposing coalitions to accelerate Kurdish unity talks.
“The meeting is important for the current stage in Syria and the current changes in the region, so that Kurds can have a role in these changes,” Mohamad said. “It is important for the Kurds in Rojava to negotiate with [the rest of] Syria in a unified voice.”
She confirmed that meetings are set between Kurdish parties “in the coming days” to discuss “many different issues,” and stressed that a united Kurdish front in Rojava would attract greater support from the US and Western powers.
Abdi said he discussed the shared responsibility for the stability of the region as a whole with Barzani.
Rojava’s ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the opposition Kurdish National Council (ENKS/KNC) signed a historic agreement, mediated by Masoud Barzani, in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province in 2015 to end tensions and share power in northeast Syria (Rojava), but the deal was never implemented. Each side blamed the other for its failure.
