A British delegation meets Kurdish parties in northern Syria

A British delegation met yesterday with the Democratic Society Movement (a coalition of Kurdish parties involved in the Autonomous Administration, then transformed into a movement of community unions), and the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) in Syria (a group of parties opposed to the Autonomous Administration, and mostly affiliated with Turkey-backed Syrian National Coalition,) in the city of Amuda, northern Syria.

Last week, the British delegation met with officials from the Autonomous Administration, the Syrian Democratic Council and the Syrian Dialogue Center (a dialogue platform in northeastern Syria),

through its series of meetings, the United Kingdom aims to be informed more about the latest developments in the region and to promote dialogue among the parties.

According to information obtained by North-Press, a British political delegation met with the (ENKS) to learn about the council’s terms for participating in the Autonomous Administration and the membership in its institutions.

The sources told North-Press that the Kurdish National Council has asked to involve the British delegation in the project of the safe zone and to further strengthen their role in the Autonomous Administration in the future.

Leaders of the Kurdish National Council refused to make any comments regarding those meetings with the British delegation.

According to other information, a delegation from the Kurdish National Council has headed on Saturday to Kurdistan Region of Iraq to meet the region’s leaders in Erbil and officials of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK).

The leader of the Kurdish National Council and Yekiti Party secretary, Sulaiman Ossou has denied media reports regarding a British initiative for dialogue between the Kurdish parties, as he said: “There is no British initiative, but they have told us that they want to hold a meeting to learn about our situation and our role in the region”.

According to the sources, some leaders of the Kurdish National Council in Istanbul and Erbil insist on the United States and the European countries to interfere and to find a role for their armed groups (Peshmerga Roj Units) in the proposed safe zone in northeastern Syria.

The (Peshmerga Roj) is the only card through which Turkey will try to ensure its presence in the east of Euphrates after failing to bring its backed Syrian armed opposition groups into the planned safe zone.

While sources close to the Syrian Democratic Forces said that the SDF has closed the file of including (Peshmerga Roj) into the negotiations and dialogues between the Kurdish parties