ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Syrian transitional government is holding discussions with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Kurdish National Council (ENKS/KNC) to include Kurdish fronts in a planned national Syrian dialogue conference, state media reported on Monday.
“Discussions are open with the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Kurdish National Council for figures from them to attend the dialogue conference,” SANA said, citing informed sources.
A preparatory committee will be formed to organize the conference without mentioning a date for the event, according to SANA. Discussions are ongoing with various Syrian groups, and the conference is expected to host over a thousand participants.
Last week, SDF General Commander Mazloum Abdi met with a delegation from the ENKS, in the presence of the global coalition, to discuss Kurdish unity going forward.
Faysal Yusuf, the spokesperson for the ENKS, said that the meeting with Abdi “went well” adding that “there will be another meeting” between the two sides.
The ENKS is an umbrella group of Kurdish opposition parties in northeast Syria (Rojava).
Previously, both sides have expressed willingness to hold dialogue amid calls for a unified Kurdish front and efforts to resume talks between feuding Kurdish parties in Rojava, especially following the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime earlier this month.
After the collapse of the Syrian regime, the Kurdish National Unity Parties (PYNK) expressed readiness to return to talks with the ENKS. The PYNK is a coalition of 24 parties that have close ties with Rojava’s ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD) and have representatives in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES).
Faysal told Rudaw at the time that they were ready for talks, but they have not received a request from the PYNK.
Kurds were systematically discriminated against under the former Syrian regime. During the civil war, they carved out an autonomous area in the north where they sought to promote diversity and tolerance.
