The sixth Kurdish Conference in Moscow has begun at the Hotel Prezident at 11:00 this morning with the participation of dozens from North, West and South Kurdistan and Russia.

The opening speech of the conference was held by Association of Kurdish Social Institutions in Russia Representative Araf Azmani who talked about the developments in the Middle East and status of Kurdistan.

Among the attendees of the conference are HDP Urfa parliamentarians Osman Baydemir and Dilek Öcalan, and Abdullah Öcalan's lawyer Ebru Günay from North Kurdistan; PYD Co-chair Asya Abdullah and Kobanê Canton Executive Council President Enwer Muslim from West Kurdistan; PUK parliamentarian Azzat Sabır İsmail, Gorran parliamentarian Sherko Hama Amin, and Islamic Union Party (Yekgurtu İslami) member Xelil Ibrahim Muhammed from South Kurdistan; PJAK representative Ehwen Chiyako from East Kurdistan; politicians, academics, think tank representatives and intellectuals from Moscow.