21 representatives of various political parties and non-governmental organizations from northern Kurdistan have arrived in Hewler which will today host the preliminary meeting of the Kurdish National Conference.

The conference was proposed by Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and called for by Federate Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani.

The delegation from northern Kurdistan includes DTK (Democratic Society Congress) co-chair Ahmet Türk, BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, BDP deputy Mülkiye Birtane, IHD (Human Rights Association) Amed Branch Chair Raci Bilici and representatives of KADEP, DÖKH, MEYA-DER, KESK, ÖSP and DDKD.

The preliminary meeting in Hewler will also be attended by the representatives of many NGOs from four parts of Kurdistan, including those of

-PYD (Democratic Union Party) and ENSK (Kurdish National Council) from Rojava,

-PJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan), Komalay Zehmetkeşani Kurdistan, KDP-Iran, Komaley Şoreşgeran, PAK and Komaleyi Iran from Rojhılat,

-KDP, YNK, Tevgera Goran, PÇDK, Yekgirtuyi Islami, Komaleye Islami, Bızotnavey Islami, Hizbi Socialist, Hizbi Zahmetkeşani Kurdistan, Hizbi Şui, YNDK and Hızbi Ayende parties from southern Kurdistan.