Mazlum Abdi on meeting with Barzani: We will support one another

SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazlum Abdi commented on his meeting with Masoud Barzani in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) on January 16, which highlighted the need to preserve Kurdish unity and stability in the region.

Mazlum Abdi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who has frequently called for the establishment of Kurdish national unity against Turkey's ongoing attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria, held meetings with various Kurdish groups in Hewlêr (Erbil) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The SDF Commander General met with Masoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), on Thursday during his visit to Hewlêr.

In a statement on his social media account about his meeting with KDP President Massoud Barzani in Hewlêr, Mazlum Abdi said: “I was pleased to meet with President Massoud Barzani. We discussed the process of change in Syria.”

The SDF Commander-in-Chief stated: “We agreed that the Kurds in Syria must have a common stand and that dialogue with Damascus must protect the rights of the Kurdish people in a peaceful way. We also emphasized that it is the duty of all of us to preserve Kurdish unity and stability in the region. We will support one another.”