The Secretary General of the Syrian Change and Renaissance Party, Mistefa Qelecî, spoke to ANHA about the attempts to create sedition and confusion in the North-East Syria region and the negotiation traffic between Ankara and Syria.

Mistefa Qelecî stated that it is important that the dialogue between Damascus and the Autonomous Administration continues. Qelecî said that all parties intervened in the conflict and crisis in Syria and used the region for their own interests, and that these forces fuelled the conflict in the region. “If the conflict and crisis in Syria end, there will be no need for all these forces to stay here. Therefore, they are trying to create discord so that the conflict will continue.”

Mistefa Qelecî emphasised the importance of dialogue between the Damascus government and the Democratic Autonomous Administration and said: ‘Dialogue is not an option; it has become a necessity. We must take this issue seriously. We must put national interests above other interests. The dialogue demanded from both sides is hope.”

Referring to the efforts for talks between Damascus and Ankara, Qelecî said: “There has always been a relationship between the Turkish state and Damascus. Therefore, the issue is related to the interests of states. Unfortunately, the Turkish state still dreams of realising the Misak-î Milli [The ‘National Pact’ adopted 104 years ago that takes all Kurdistan, that is, the region including northern Iraq and northern Syria, within the borders of the Turkish state]. A possible agreement between the Turkish state and Syria is not in the interests of the Syrian people.”