National Coalition of Syrian Opposition should work for unity
National Coalition of Syrian Opposition should work for unity
National Coalition of Syrian Opposition should work for unity
Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chair Salih Muslim said their party would join the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, the main component of Syrian opposition, if they received an offer from the Coalition.
We believe the Syrian opposition will not be able to do it without Kurds. They shall definitively make an effort to involve Kurds who are represented by the Kurdish High Council. There is no other way around, he underlined .
Muslim noted that they currently had no direct but indirect contact with the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
Calling attention to Ahmed Muaz el Hatib, the President of the Coalition, who has recently resigned from duty, Muslim reminded that Hatib refused to return to duty unless Kurds were involved in the opposition movement.
PYD co-chair remarked that there were several Kurds in the coalition, adding that these names however didn't represent Kurds and their organization.
Muslim said there was a separation between the Coalition and Free Syrian Army which -he underlined- consisted of a number of various groups that had no political representatives. It is therefore difficult to reach a settlement with all of them, he added.
Muslim noted the local agreements they made with opposition groups were only related with ensuring a non-conflict environment in some regions jointly resided by Arabs and Kurds.
Referring to allegations on an agreement between Kurds and other armed opponent groups in Aleppo, Muslim said they had reached some agreements with some certain circles alone, such as Muslim Brothers in Aleppo and the military council in Haseke.
PYD co-chair said Kurds could protect only themselves in the conflict environment where- he underlined- the regime was still powerful by means of the arms it is provided by other countries, such as Russia and Iran. He added that some other countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, also consistently provided arms for the opposition groups fighting against the regime.
Muslim also called attention to the problems caused by the intense migration to west Kurdistan forced by intense attacks against the Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo.