DAMASCUS - An anticipated meeting between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi and US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack will “accelerate” talks between the Kurdish-led northeast Syria (Rojava) administration and Damascus to implement a landmark March agreement, the SDF’s political wing said on Wednesday.
Abdi and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a landmark agreement on March 10 to integrate the SDF into the Syrian state apparatus. The agreement recognizes the Kurds as an integral part of Syria, includes a countrywide ceasefire, and stipulates the return of displaced Syrians to their hometowns.
“We are awaiting an upcoming meeting between the US Envoy Thomas Barrack and General Mazloum Abdi. I believe that after this meeting, the discussions will accelerate and we will enter the phase of implementing the [SDF-Damascus] agreement,” Ali Rahmun, the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) representative in Damascus, told Rudaw.
The SDC serves as the political wing of the Kurdish-led and US-backed SDF, the de facto army of Rojava.