The West Kurdistan People's Assembly (MGRK) and the Syrian Kurdish National Council (SKNC) have reached a consensus on three main issues after talks that lasted a week in Hewler in South Kurdistan. These three points are: "the Kurds to attend Geneva II in a joint, independent delegation, the opening of the Semalka border crossing for humanitarian aid and the release of detainees close to the SKNC who were involved in various incidents in Rojava".

Following the week-long talks between the two bodies that are active in West Kurdistan, a meeting last night concluded business. Following the meeting that was attended by representatives of the two sides with observers from the Federal Kurdistan Region Presidency Council, representatives of all parties involved attended a press conference at the Hotel Erbil today. The press conference was also attended by Dr Hamit Derbendi on behalf of the Federal Kurdistan Region Government. Dr Derbendi made the opening speech, followed by MGRK co-chair Abdulselam Ahmed and SKNC President Tahir Sifok, who explained the agreement reached at the talks.
Abdulselam Ahmed said agreement had been reached on the Kurds taking part in Geneva II as a single, independent delegation, the opening of the Semalka border crossing for humanitarian aid and the release of supporters of the SKNC who had been involved in certain incidents.

Ahmed emphasised that the Kurds would demonstrate to international forces at Geneva II that the Kurds were the most organised force in Syria, adding that they saw everyone who had fallen during the revolution in Rojava as a "Rojava martyr" and greeted all those involved in the ongoing struggle.

Ahmed continued, saying the issues of the Transitional Administration and the Kurdish Supreme Council had also been addressed during the talks, adding: "if this Transitional Administration had not existed our people would have encountered great difficulties. This administration has demonstrated the necessity of the Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and other peoples setting up an administration together. In future meetings we will continue to discuss this issue, as this is a joint project and we signed it on 8 September. As for the Kurdish Supreme Council, this is essential and represents the will of millions of people. We will continue to discuss this within the framework of the Hewler agreement and endeavour to resolve the remaining problems."

SKNC President Tahir Sifuk then spoke, saying MGRK co-chair Abdulselam Ahmed had summarised the main points of the meeting. He continued:

"It is not possible to establish a new Syria without discussing and resolving the Kurdish question," adding that in addition to sending a joint delegation to Geneva II and the opening of the Semalka border crossing to humanitarian aid, a decision had been taken to set up a human rights committee comprised of 11 people to review human rights violations. Sifuk added that the new committee would monitor and safeguard the rights of individuals, and organisations, and that a solution would be found as regards disagreements over the Transitional Administration. Sifuk emphasised that they would continue talks in the following days within the framework of the Hewler accord, adding that certain minor problems would not damage their unity.