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15. PYD co-chair Moslem: We won't recognise a Geneva-3 excluding Kurds

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Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chair Saleh Moslem stressed that it was not only Turkey but also some other forces that didn't want the participation of Kurds in the Geneva-3 meeting to avoid their attainment of political status. He underlined that those disapproving PYD's presence in Geneva talks wanted to seek a political solution for Syria together with the groups bearing ISIS mentality.

Moslem spoke to ANF regarding the details of the Geneva-3 Conference in search of a solution to the crisis in Syria, and their stance towards the talks.

Everyone has taken your participation in Geneva-3 for granted. Was your exclusion a last-minute decision?

We cannot say that it was an entirely last-minute decision, but the situation wasn't very clear in advance. Yet, everyone was expecting our participation as many circles agreed on the fact that Kurds, mainly PYD and Autonomous Administration, were definitely needed at the table for the achievement of a political resolution for Syria, and that such a force and system in Syria couldn't go ignored. The organizers of these talks are still telling the same thing. Yet, we knew already in advance that this issue would still be made a matter of negotiation.

To the sides we have held talks with, we have been telling since the very beginning that we need to take part in these talks. Those who would thus far defend that our participation was not necessary are now saying that our presence as of the first day would cause a huge conflict. For this reason, they say we will be included not in the first place but later on.

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