Russia Enlists Syrian Kurds For Geneva II - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Syrian Kurdish parties went to Moscow in order to secure participation of the Kurds in the international peace conference Geneva II. They did not participate in an earlier conference of the Western-backed Syrian opposition in Istanbul at the end of May, despite efforts of European countries to convince the Syrian Kurds to join the Western-backed coalition.
According to the website of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), "the meeting marked the first official invitation from Russia and aimed at establishing diplomatic relations between the two parties. Among the topics discussed were SKC’s position on the Syrian regime and the role of the YPG [People’s Defence Units, a militia of the PYD].”