Saturday, February 6, 2016

Syrian Kurds begin diplomatic push with Moscow office

Syrian Kurdish separatists have announced plans to open “representation” offices in several capitals, starting next week with Damascus regime ally Moscow, an official told AFP on Saturday.

“The autonomous Syrian Kurdish region will open an office in Moscow on February 10 and is preparing to open another in Berlin, with Washington, Paris and Arab countries coming later,” said Amina Oussi, deputy head of the Hasakeh committee for external relations.

“These representation offices aim to secure recognition for the autonomous Kurdish region” in Syria, she said.

In November 2013, Kurdish groups in the northeast of the war-ravaged country announced the establishment of a transitional autonomous administration after making key territorial gains against jihadists.


  • The administration is split into three regions: Hasakeh in the east, Kobane in the centre and Afrin in the west.

Kurdish separatists are insisting on the creation of a federal system in Syria.

Last year, they opened their first such representation office in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq...
 [AFP - kurdishdailynews.org]
6/2/16
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