The two-day workshop "For the Democratic Middle East - The Road to Peace" in Beirut, ended with the reading of a final declaration.

Iraqi University Professor Seyf Ednan read the text which said that racism, religion, sect and women's trials were the main obstacles in the way of democratic transformation. The text emphasized that a different perspective is needed to overcome this situation and that the democratic nation project put forward by Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is the basis of political, economic and social solutions.

The declaration called for the physical freedom of  Öcalan, and added that energy, water and many political and cultural issues in the Middle East could be resolved with democratic confederalism, and that a common strategy should be established for this.

The text also drew attention to the problem of migration and refugees, stating that the only way to solve the migration problem is political and economic stability, that political conditions must be provided for the safe return of Syrians, and the responsibilities of the UN and the international community in this regard were pointed out.

The declaration stated that international pressure and support should be provided to end the isolation of Öcalan.