WEST KURDISTAN, — Kurdish parties cancelled planned talks with Syrian President Beshar Assad which was due to be held in Damascus on Saturday.
According to a statement from Democratic Union Party (PYD) president Salih Muslim the Kurdish delegation which represents 12 Kurdish parties cancelled talks with Syrian President Assad.
Muslim said the negotiations with Assad will have no positive outcome under these circumstances citing the protests which aimed to oust the Damascus regime.
Muslim did not rule out future negotiations and said that Kurdish people will wait until the political climate in the country calms to hold talks with the Syrian government.
PYD leader demanded a bilateral ceasefire and total withdrawal of army forces from the Syrian cities. He also said Kurdish demands are for a democratic autonomy which will create a separate administration for the Kurdish region.
Muslim said the reforms of Beshar Assad were not implemented but Syrian authorities started to hand out new identity card to the Kurdish population who were stripped off their citizenship rights.
Muslim made a clear statement about their relations with opponents of Assad and said almost all of the opposition groups accepted their proposals for the solution of the Kurdish Question.