Rojava’s intra-Kurdish conference an example for all Kurds: DEM Party member

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A conference for Kurdish unity in northeast Syria (Rojava) will serve as an example for Kurds in other countries, said a Kurdish politician attending the event from Turkey.

“This conference is very necessary for Kurdish unity. In Leader Ocalan's call, it was also said that the Kurdish people must primarily establish their unity. With this conference, the first step in implementing the call will take place. The unity conference will be an example for other parts of Kurdistan, and we will also develop this example in the north,” Salihe Aydeniz told Hawar News Agency (ANHA) on Friday, referring to Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Aydeniz is attending the conference as part of a delegation from Turkey led by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), which is mediating peace talks between the PKK and the Turkish state to end their 40-year conflict.

Their delegation arrived in Rojava on Thursday to attend the conference scheduled for Saturday. Rojava’s ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD) and opposition Kurdish National Council (ENKS/KNC) have agreed to hold the event in Qamishli to unify Kurdish ranks and collaborate on shaping the future of Kurds in Syria.

A representative of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani, Hamid Darbandi, will also attend, an ENKS spokesperson said on Friday.

The delegation from Turkey was welcomed to Rojava by Elham Ahmed, co-chair of foreign relations department of northeast Syria. “We express our thanks for their reception,” Keskin Bayindir, a delegation member, said in a post on X.

Following the conference, the PYD and ENKS, which have feuded for years, are expected to form a joint delegation to present a unified list of Kurdish demands for the transitional Syrian government.

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