MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Syrian Kurds have still not received an invitation to take part in the Geneva peace talks, the head of the Syrian Kurdistan representative office in Moscow said Wednesday.
"We have not received any invitations, as before, and we do not expect [to receive any] within the next few days," Rodi Osman told RIA Novosti.
The last round of talks between the Syrian government and opposition forces opened on March 14 in Geneva and wrapped up on March 24. The next round of the proximity talks is expected to start on April 11.
The main Syrian Kurdish party, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was not invited to the UN-backed reconciliation talks between Damascus and Syrian opposition factions in Switzerland.
The Kurds are one of the largest ethnic groups in Syria. Parties to the country's peace process, including Russia, have repeatedly stressed that the reconciliation talks have no chance of succeeding if the Syrian Kurds are not allowed to participate.
