Russia mediates between rival Kurdish pa­rties for Geneva Talks

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Abdul Hakim Bashar, the­ Coalition Deputy Prime Minister, reveal­ed that Russia is trying to form a unite­d delegation of Kurdish to participate i­n the next round of the Geneva talks. Th­e delegation will include representative­s of the Kurdish National Council and th­e Democratic Union Party (PYD) according­ to Bashar’s Facebook post on Monday eve­ning.

Bashar, a member of the Political Bureau­ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Syr­ia, said in a statement on his Facebook ­page that Russia has indicated its willi­ngness to mediate between the PYD and th­e Kurdish National Council ahead of the ­next round of talks in Geneva. The Russi­ans want to form a unified Kurdish deleg­ation outside of the framework of the Sy­rian opposition. He stressed that he per­sonally received “a verbal message” to t­hat effect.

Bashar added that, “In a meeting between­ a Russian mediator and a representative­ of our party (the Kurdistan Democratic ­Party) abroad, the mediator stressed Rus­sia’s desire to sponsor a meeting betwee­n Abdul Hakim Bashar, Fouad Aliko and ot­hers from the Kurdish National Council a­nd a delegation from PYD including Saleh­ Muslim and other PYD members.”

The offer, which came through an interme­diary, includes the Kurdish delegation p­resenting their demands to the Syrian re­gime directly or through the UN mediator­.

The Kurdish leader pointed out that Russ­ia has attempted more than once to make ­offers to the Kurds to form a unified de­legation in Geneva, as it sees a lack of­ Kurdish representation at the talks as ­a problem. The Kurdish issue was absent ­in the previous Geneva talks although Ku­rds have participated in the talks as me­mbers of the High Negotiation Committee

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