We want democratic Syria that guarantees rights of Kurds: ENKS
We want a federal and democratic Syria where Kurds are recognized as the second-largest nationality, a Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) party leader said on Tuesday.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – We want a federal and democratic Syria where Kurds are recognized as the second-largest nationality, a Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) party leader said on Tuesday.
Feysel Yusuf, the leader of the ENKS’ Kurdish Reform Movement, spoke to Kurdistan 24 about the contents of a meeting last month between his party and a Russian delegation in the city of Qamishlo, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava).
“The Russian delegation asked for our vision of the post-terrorism phase in Syria, and in turn, we presented our perceptions for the future of Syria,” Yusuf said.
“We want to build a democratic and federal Syria where the rights of all Syrian components are preserved, and Kurds are recognized as the second-largest nationality in Syria because of our population,” he added.
According to Yusuf, his party does not “demand an independent state,” but want to contribute to a democratic Syria that “guarantees the rights of Kurdish people.”
Yusuf revealed that the Russian delegation confirmed preparations to hold a general Syrian conference “where no party is excluded” to draft a new constitution which respects the rights of all Syrians.
However, he said that no invitation had been sent by Moscow for the ENKS to attend the upcoming Syrian National Dialogue Congress, scheduled for Jan. 29-30 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
“The conference to be held in Sochi will be devoted to the post-war phase in Syria, the drafting of a constitution guaranteeing the rights of all members of Syrian society,” an ENKS statement following December’s meeting with the Russian delegation explained.
The Russian-sponsored talks threaten to eclipse the US-backed Geneva talks that have not achieved much in the previous rounds to resolve the ongoing Syrian crisis which has killed over 450,000 people since 2011.