https://sputnikglobe.com/20160127/syria-kurdish-opposition-1033781662.html

Kurds Cannot Be Excluded From Syria Peace Talks – Opposition Committee

Sputnik International

The head of the National Coordination Committee for the Forces of Democratic Change (NCC) Hassan Abdel Azim said that the Kurds should not be excluded from the... 27.01.2016, Sputnik International

2016-01-27T11:57+0000

https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/103308/65/1033086527_0:244:4822:2970_1920x0_80_0_0_0617c4e61b6228928c020c152f070f6d.jpg

syria

kurdistan

turkiye

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

2016

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

News

en_EN

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

1920

1080

true

1920

1440

true

https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/103308/65/1033086527_0:92:4822:3122_1920x0_80_0_0_57191ac9ddb8882b95553b6c8c16bbc7.jpg

1920

true

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

Sputnik International

middle east, newsfeed, syria, kurdistan, turkiye, hassan abdel azim, kurdish democratic union party (pyd), intra-syria talks, syrian crisis

Kurds Cannot Be Excluded From Syria Peace Talks – Opposition Committee

11:57 GMT 27.01.2016

© AFP 2023 / FABRICE COFFRINI General view at the opening of a meeting between the United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura (5th L) and ambassadors from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council at the United Nations Office in Geneva

General view at the opening of a meeting between the United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura (5th L) and ambassadors from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council at the United Nations Office in Geneva - Sputnik International

The head of the National Coordination Committee for the Forces of Democratic Change (NCC) Hassan Abdel Azim said that the Kurds should not be excluded from the peace talks, considering their efforts in fighting against the extremist groups operating in Syria.

A member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) mans a mounted machine gun in the Al-Nashwa neighbourhood in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh on July 26, 2015 - Sputnik International

World

Kurds Key Part in Solving Syrian Crisis, Should Be Present at Peace Talks

26 January 2016, 18:40 GMT

CAIRO (Sputnik) — The participation of Syrian Kurds in the much-anticipated Geneva talks on Syria is vital to resolve the civil war, the head of the National Coordination Committee for the Forces of Democratic Change (NCC) Hassan Abdel Azim told Sputnik on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed that UN envoy Staffan de Mistura had not invited representatives of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to the intra-Syrian talks on Friday.

"Incomplete representation of the opposition gets in the way of advancing on the issues. The main parties participating in the meetings in Cairo, Moscow 2 cannot be excluded from any negotiations," Abdul Azim said.

Turkish riot police use a water cannon to disperse Kurdish demonstrators during a protest against a curfew in Sur district and security operations in the region, in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey January 17, 2016 - Sputnik International

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Official Decries Ankara's 'Hostile' Policy

26 January 2016, 16:52 GMT

The NCC head added that the Kurds should not be excluded from the peace talks, considering their efforts in fighting against the extremist groups operating in Syria.

Ankara, which has protested against the PYD’s participation, is interfering in the Syrian peace process by solving their internal affairs and linking the group to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, outlawed in Turkey.

On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the intra-Syrian reconciliation talks would fail to result in a political settlement without the participation of the Syrian Kurds.