US deputy envoy to Syria meets PYD-led National Unity bloc
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, the US deputy Special Envoy to Syria, David Brownstein, met a delegation of the PYD-led Kurdish National Unity Parties (PYNK), and discussed the intra-Kurdish dialogue, a day after meeting another delegation of the Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS).
After the meeting, the PYNK showed readiness to return to the dialogue without preconditions, an informed source said.
The source added that it is scheduled to resume the sessions of the intra-Kurdish dialogue in the coming days.
Yesterday, Brownstein met a delegation of the ENKS, and discussed the dialogue issue between the Kurdish political forces in Syria.
“The US Deputy Envoy showed his readiness to seriously take the ENKS point of view into consideration,” the ENKS said on its website.
In exclusive statements to North Press in mid-February, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Affairs Office official Redur Khalil said that they would abide by the intra-Kurdish initiative as a guarantor to reach a “national agreement.”
Khalil said that having some different standpoints between the two parties has been normal, and “it is most important to express the political will to overcome differences, demonstrate a sense of responsibility, and prioritize national and general interests over partisan ones.”
“We hope that press statements by any party will not be turned into an obstacle to the dialogue,” he added.
Both the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS) – the main opposition coalition in the Autonomous Administration regions – and the PYD-led Kurdish National Unity Parties (PYNK) showed their readiness to the dialogue and negotiations amid statements described as “provocative” and affected the dialogue.
In mid-January, US Deputy Special Envoy to Syria David Brownstein met several times with the two parties to the dialogue and “stressed his country’s insistence on the success of the intra-Kurdish dialogue in Syria.”
The US official told the two Kurdish blocs that “Kurdish unity in Syria is a strategic goal for his country, and through this dialogue it tries to involve the Kurds in the political process,” said Sama Bakdash, PYD spokeswoman, in a previous interview with North Press.
The dialogue between the two Kurdish blocs started on April 7, 2020, with an initiative launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief, Mazloum Abdi to unify the Kurdish position under American sponsorship following the Turkish military operation on northeastern Syria in October 2019.