Committees between Damascus and Kurds map "Decentralized Syria"

Committees Between Damascus and Kurds Map "Decentralized Syria"

Delegation of Washington Allies to the East of the Euphrates

Dam layer over the Euphrates Northeastern Syria (Reuters)

London: Ibrahim Hamidi

The delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council, the political arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces supported by Damascus, led to the formation of committees between the two parties to develop negotiations with a view to establishing a roadmap leading to a Decentralized Democratic State "East of the Euphrates, where the forces of the international coalition are based against the American" Daqash ".
The Joint President of the Syrian Democratic Council, Riad Darrar, told Asharq Al-Awsat: "We are working on land we have liberated.In the Syrian state". "The State n & # 39 is not the diet. "We want the state that we seek after the political settlement," said Saleh Musallam, the former head of the Kurdish Democratic Union, the political branch of the Kurdish people's protection units, the & #,,,,,,,,,,,,, 39, the main team of the Syrian democratic forces.
These are the first official public talks between the "Syrian Democratic Council" and Damascus to discuss the future of the autonomous areas in northern Syria, after the regime has regained vast areas of the country lost since 2011 and became Control currently about 60% of the population Syrian territory of 185 000 square kilometers.
The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish people's protection units, control their backbone, concentrating around 30 percent of the country's north-east and 90 percent of the country's oil.
The visit of the delegation of the "Syrian Democratic Council" that began Thursday in Damascus came at the invitation of the Syrian government, according to a statement by the "Council". Decisions were made to form committees at different levels to develop dialogue and negotiations, to end the violence and war that engulfed the Syrian people and society. Decentralization ".
The statement did not specify the number of committees or the date of composition or content and did not specify the dates for future negotiations. But the sources said the committees will include military, security, economic, legal and service issues, "so that each committee determines its role, its membership and its mechanism of action."
The agreement on the formation of committees was a compromise between the two parties. Turkey and Iraq and send security to areas east of the Euphrates, "while the delegation of" Council "on the priority" restoration of services and supply of " electricity and education and civil records before moving on to big issues. "We have local police forces able to protect government employees so that they reform and work for service institutions," said a Majlis official, adding that the formation of committees "provides the basis for negotiation for the future ". The institutions of the Council have many tasks to accomplish in the coming period. They are organizing a Syrian-Syrian conference in Ein Issa in the Raqqa campaign or the class to complete the dialogues between the Syrian factions after the conference of the "Syrian Democratic Council" held a few weeks ago. 300 people
Sihanouk Dibu, advisor to the joint presidency of the Party of Parties said The negotiation process will be long and arduous because the authority in Damascus and its structure are built on a very centralized basis.
No official statement has yet been issued by Damascus Damascus insists on the return of all regions of the country, including Kurdish regions, but Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem has expressed the intention of Damascus to dialogue with the Kurds on the establishment of "self-government."
After decades of marginalization, the influence of Kurds in Syria has increased with the gradual withdrawal of the regime's forces from their regions in 2012, They later declare self-government, then the federal system s But for about two years in the region of "Rogge Ava" (Western Kurdistan). includes Al-Jazeera (Al-Hasakah), Al-Furat (north-central, parts of Aleppo and others of Raqqa) and Afrin (north-west), which are under the control of Turkish forces and pro factions -syrians for months. "Recent withdrawal from federalism and decentralization for reasons of negotiation, although federal institutions still exist in northeastern Syria. "
Damascus clashes Kurdish fighters with Washington, thanks to the cover of the international coalition.
Kurdish deputy of the Syrian People's Assembly (parliament) Omar Osei told the French press agency in Damascus on Friday that the negotiations were aimed at "facilitating the entry into force of Military, Syrian Army in Manna With the Kurdish majority and the restoration of state institutions in exchange for the recognition of the next constitution by the Kurdish component … and the granting of its cultural rights, "he explained:" We are working to be stable in a liberated land and we want to restore it to the state.The state is not the system.In contrast to the abandonment of the 'external agendas and the l & # 39; 39 "autonomy" of the Kurds of the North by Ose, "the best solution would be the development of the law on local administration" No. 107, published in 2012 for the activation of administrations. administrative decentralization
If Washington supports have the Kurds in all their battles against a pro-Islamic organization, he refrained from supporting them in their confrontation with the Turkish forces in Afrin as part of Operation Olive Branch, facilitated by Moscow. Ankara has classified the Party of the Kurdish Democratic Union and its military arm as "terrorist units". After Ankara repeatedly threatened an attack against Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Manbaj, Kurdish fighters withdrew from the city. . Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the delegation of the "Syrian Democratic Council" was headed by Elham Ahmed, head of the executive committee, and included five people, including Ibrahim al-Qiftan, leader of the future Syria Party, politician rising to Manbaj. The sources said: "Any agreement with Damascus will also include Manbj and we want to include Menbeg in the new Syrian state."

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