DHAKA: Syrian Kurds are demanding their own delegation separate from both the government and opposition at next month`s peace talks in Switzerland aimed at halting the conflict in Syria.

Kurdish political leaders said on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The Kurds say they need independent representation because their demands in negotiations over Syria’s future are distinct from those of the government or the opposition Syrian National Coalition that seeks to end president Bashar Assad’s rule.

‘The Coalition are no different from Assad’s Baath party rule when it comes to their position on the Kurds. They do not recognise the rights of Kurds to live on their land with recognition of their basic rights, including the right to administer their own region,’ said Abdelsalam Ahmed, a leading figure in the Democratic Union Party (PYD).

BDST: 2024 HRS, DEC 19, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor