Kurds should be included in the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Friday.
Bogdanov told Sputnik that “Russia’s principal position is that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party [PYD] has the right to participate in the Geneva process. There is still no clarity regarding this issue.”
“Some ISSG members exert strong pressure, because they consider the PYD to be terrorists’ supporters or an unnecessary element, as Kurdish representatives from other political groups [Kurdish National Council] are taking part in the Geneva talks,” he said.
According to ARA News Bogdanov added that Moscow considers “such an approach to be wrong and urges partners to invite PYD representatives to Geneva, as PYD is the leading force, which has organized resistance against the Islamic State in northeastern Syria.”
Russia has been calling on the United Nations to invite Syrian Kurds to the proximity talks on settlement of the five-year civil war in Syria, the latest round of which took place in Geneva on April 13-27
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