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Kurdish Political Movements in Syria
2.2.2006
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A delegation
representing the Kurdish Political Movements in
Syria headed by Sherkoh Abbas met with the US State
Department, Congress and Senate on January 30, 2006.
The delegation attended discussion was concerning
the status of Kurdish people in Syria and explained
the views of the Kurdish movement in Syria as a
nation within Syria's Kurdish region.
The delegation stressed the necessity of an
immediate end to these gross violations of the
Kurdish human and national rights. In addition, the
Kurdish delegation pressed the need to find a just,
peaceful, and democratic solution to the Kurdish
issue in Syria, view the Kurdish issues as a
national issue, and secure the national rights of
the Kurdish people, including political, cultural,
and human rights. These rights must be guaranteed in
a new constitution and these guarantees must be
implemented.
The position of the Kurdish delegation with respect
to other parts of the Syrian oppositions was made
clear, as the Kurdish delegation urged them to
acknowledge the Kurdish issue in Syria as one of the
main concerns of the nation and acknowledge it as
real measurement for the democratic change necessary
in Syria.
The delegation addressed the need for the opposition
to work together and for the Kurdish movements to
lay a sound foundation for democracy, freedom, and
respect for human rights in Syria At the conclusion
of discussions, the Kurdish delegation thanked the
President Bush, American officials, and American
people for their understanding of the Kurdish issue.
The delegation head stated that President Bush said,
"The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the
world, it is God's gift to humanity," and we the
Kurds are here to receive this gift through the USA.
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