The Syrian presidency announced on Monday the conclusion of an agreement with Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces (FDS), dominated by the Kurds, with a view to the “integration” of the civil and military institutions of the Kurdish autonomous administration in the framework of the Syrian state.
This agreement, whose application is scheduled by the end of the year, comes when Syria is going through an increase in violence in the west of the country, the most serious since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad in December. A situation which threatens the stability of the country in full transition, while the acting president, Ahmad al-Chareh, tries to strengthen his authority over the entire territory after thirteen years of civil war.
In a joint press release signed by the two parties, the Syrian presidency specifies that the agreement provides for the integration of civil and military institutions in the northeast of the country under state administration, including border posts, airport and oil and gas resources.
The text also underlines that “the Kurdish community is an essential component of the Syrian State”, which undertakes to guarantee “its right to citizenship and all of its constitutional rights”, while rejecting “calls for division, hate speeches and attempts to sow discord between the different components of Syrian society”.
