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Turkey Threatens to Boycott Syria Peace Talks if Kurdish PYD Invited

© AFP 2023 / DELIL SOULEIMANA picture taken on December 8, 2015 shows a general view of the two-day "Syrian Democratic Conference" in Al-Malikiyeh, a town in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, held by Kurdish factions to discuss a vision for Syria's future. Dozens of Kurdish, Arab, and Assyrian figures attended the conference including members of Syria's leading Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD),
A picture taken on December 8, 2015 shows a general view of the two-day Syrian Democratic Conference in Al-Malikiyeh, a town in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, held by Kurdish factions to discuss a vision for Syria's future. Dozens of Kurdish, Arab, and Assyrian figures attended the conference including members of Syria's leading Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), - Sputnik International
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that if representatives of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) are invited to take part in the intra-Syrian reconciliation talks, Ankara will "certainly" boycott talks.

ANKARA (Sputnik) — Ankara will boycott the UN-backed intra-Syrian reconciliation talks if representatives of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) are invited to take part, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Tuesday.

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Turkey considers the PYD to be an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and views it as a terrorist organization.

"In what capacity the PYD will be at the negotiating table? Can a terrorist organization represent people? These are talks between the opposition and the regime. Terrorists organizations should not be allowed to attend," Çavuşoğlu said in an interview with Turkish NTV television.

"If the PYD has been invited to attend the Geneva talks, we will certainly boycott them," the minister stressed.

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura earlier on Tuesday sent invitations to designated participants of intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva scheduled for January 29. The list of invitees has not been disclosed.

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