Thursday 9 August 2012

PYD Leader Denies Turkish Claims that His Group Works with Syrian Regime

Source: Rudaw in English


Salih Muslim, leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) – a party with links to the PKK – denied the claims of the Turkish prime minister.

Speaking to Washington-based radio Radio Sawa, Muslim also rejected claims that his party works with the regime of Bashar Assad, saying his party doesn’t represent the Syrian regime, “but we have our own vision and strategy concerning the ongoing uprising in Syria,”

“We want to solve the Kurdish issue in Syria through democratic and peaceful methods and we are committed to this principle, and we have clarified our vision since the beginning of the uprising,” he said.

Muslim said that the Kurdish areas of Syria under the control of people themselves.

“It is a sort of the beginning of spreading the authority of the Kurdish people on their areas, and we believe that the Kurdish demands must be achieved within the Syrian borders, and any solution for the Kurdish issue should guarantee the unity of the Syrian land, and that’s why our policies are not regarded by any regional force,” the PYD leader said. “We are forced at this sensitive stage of Syria’s history to protect our people against any potential danger, that is our main concern at the moment.”

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