The statement referred to “the Duhok Agreement (2014) as a basis for the continuation of the ongoing dialogue between the two delegations with a view to reaching a comprehensive agreement in the near future”. On June 16, the two sides announced in a joint statement that they would form the Kurdish political bloc and unify the armed Kurdish militias in the Syrian Jazeera. The agreement was concluded in accordance with the Duhok Agreement, signed in 2014 between the Kurdish parties. The membership of each of the two parties to the negotiations and its links with the Kurdish regional powers, whether in Turkey or Iraq, led Syrian political analyst Muhannad al-Qate`e to say that the agreement reached directly between a Turkish party linked to the PKK and another Syrian-Kurdish party supported by the government of northern Iraq, was affected. With the unification of militias in the northern region, the agreement paves the way for one of two things: the first is a separatist project including the Syrian Jazeera, also known as Western Kurdistan. The second is to lay the foundations for a federal reality on an ethnic basis throughout the northern region of Syria, like the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Bloc also described the deal as a monopoly, unilateralism and a threat to Syria`s unity, which could pave the way for a persistent conflict. She also condemned what she called external intervention and pressures that try to undermine the unity of the people and the country. According to baladi News Network, the analyst believes that what is in the agreement does not correspond to the concept of national unity and that it creates unilateral national control that paves the way for secession. “National consensus is a positive and necessary necessity to build a new Syria according to the general national will; This is what we did not notice during the recent Kurdish movement,” the Bloc explains in its announcement.

The two delegations stressed “the importance of Kurdish cooperation and unity in Syria and welcomed this achievement, as it is an important historical step towards greater understanding and practical cooperation that will benefit the Syrian Kurdish people and Syrians of all components.” . . .