US Representative to NE Syria meets Assyrian parties in Hasakah
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The US senior representative to North and East Syria, Nicholas Granger, emphasized on Monday the importance of coordination and joint work during a meeting with a delegation of Assyrian and Syriac parties in the city of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
The delegation included Sennacherib Barsoum and Afram Issac representatives of the Syriac Union Party, Gabriel Moshe and Qyriakis Gawriya representatives of the Assyrian Democratic Organization, and Wa’el Mirza and Jamila Kaku, representatives of the Assyrian Democratic Party.
Granger indicated that among his country’s administration priorities is supporting stability in the region, preventing Turkey from launching any military action in northeastern Syria, coordinating with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and supporting the political solution in Syria, according to the Syriac Union Party’s statement.
The statement noted that the delegation’s members extensively briefed on the reality of the Assyrian and Syriac people living in Syria, as well as their demands, and their joint work to reach a unified vision at all levels and guarantee their political and cultural rights.
In April 2022, the political formations of the Assyrians and Syriacs in northeastern Syria signed a political understanding to unify their political positions, depending on the intra-dialogue among the different communities in Syria.
The two parties which signed the understanding diverse in their affiliation; the Assyrian Democratic Organization is affiliated with the Turkey-based opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) while the Syriac Union Party participated in establishing the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).