© islamtimes.orgFighters of the YPG in Syrian town of Qamishil.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) opposition group will
not support the results of the meeting on Syria in Astana, as the
SDF has not received an invitation to attend it, SDF spokesman Talal Selo said Wednesday.
The SDF consists mainly of
Kurdish and Arab detachments, and participated in operations against Daesh terrorist group with the support of the United States. "Since we have been excluded from these negotiations,
we do not recognize the conference or any of its results," Selo told Sputnik, adding that in his opinion, the
Turkish authorities were the authors of the decision not to invite the SDF.The Syrian peace consultations in Astana are expected to be held on January 23, with the opposition represented as a united bloc. The talks will be followed by a
new round of negotiations on Syrian peace in Geneva on February 8.On December 17, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed in a phone call the possibility of a meeting between the Syrian conflicting parties in Astana. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev supported the initiative and expressed readiness to provide a platform for such talks in the Kazakh capital.
Comment: This means the whole of northern Syria is not represented in peace talks, some consider a violation of rights of the people living there that includes Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians. Here is a
statement from the North Syria Democratic Federation:
"We consider our exclusion from these negotiations a violation against us, considering our struggle, sacrifices, and the historic progress on the political and social levels, we have been the most rightful main power to be present in the Astana meeting. Moreover, SDF [the Syrian Democratic Forces], YPG [the People's Protection Units], and YPJ [the Women's Protection Units] have been the forces liberating a vast part of Syria from terror, making them the most eligible powers to participate in any military settlement associated to Syrian crisis," the statement reads.
"So, we would declare in the name of the executive body of the NS Democratic federation that Astana meeting will not succeed just like other former meetings, and we would not commit to its resolutions, since we have not taken part in its sessions, we will continue our struggle against terrorist groups and construct the democratic federal system in North Syria."
Comment: This means the whole of northern Syria is not represented in peace talks, some consider a violation of rights of the people living there that includes Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians. Here is a statement from the North Syria Democratic Federation: