Exclusive SOHR interviews | After invitation for new dialogue …. Will Russia manage to achieve new understandings between Autonomous Administration and Syrian regime

Dialogue between the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime in January hasn’t been succeeded. The Autonomous Administration said the military understanding with the regime are associated with reached more understandings with the Russian side that is considered as a guaranteeing party where the administration has accused the regime of dodging its obligations and not accepting any concession that will lead to build trust between the two sides and open the space for transferring from military deals to launch national and political dialogue.

Recently, the Autonomous Administration has announced readiness to enter negotiations with the Syrian regime under Russian medication with fixed conditions.

Seham Dawood, General-Secretary of Future Syria Party, told SOHR in an interview that any initiative in this regard should find wide acceptance from all sides to start serious steps for solving the Syrian crisis after a decade of pains, murder, displacement, poverty and Turkish occupation of the Syrian lands in addition to the weakness of the Syrian opposition and its dependence on foreign agendas. The opposition doesn’t have a real project that embodies the aspirations of the Syrian people in making democratic changes.

She pointed out that Moscow has called more than one time to open dialogue between democratic Autonomous Administration and the regime, but the situation depends on the seriousness of those calls and the range of its application on the ground. It is worth noting that the Autonomous Administration and with the start of the revolutionary activities in Syria has been calling for Syrian-Syrian dialogue for solving the crisis. The Autonomous Administration has expressed readiness to enter dialogue and negotiations with the regime after putting the democratic project in north and east Syria into consideration.

As a participating party in the Autonomous Administration and since its foundation, we call for a Syrian-Syrian dialogue and to build a de-centralized diversified democratic Syria that respects all cultures, religions, nationals, sects, and doctrines that form the Syrian society. We seek to build a country that stands at one distance from all without denial, marginalization, or ousting any side from contributing to the social and political life in Syria. Our basic goal is to promote the unity of Syria and maintain the unity of its lands and people.

She added we reject all the norms that call for separation and division which is our strategy in the party scheme even though Syria is divided on real ground and the regime hasn’t approached seriously our calls and is still hoping to restore its place before 2011.

The politician added that Lavrov’s speech was relatively diplomatic and we hope that the dialogue will find implementation tools on the real ground with avoiding being a mere Russian diplomatic speech that could complicate the Syrian crisis more and prolong its duration.

Dawood pointed out that the Lavrov call could work as a card of pressure on the Syrian opposition for acquiring more concessions and gains for the interests of the regime.

Concerning the US-Russian understanding in recent times, the party top party member believed that talks weren’t focused only on Syria, but it has included other issues adding that there is no serious change in the Syrian arena.

Maybe there are some US-Russian deals about the Syrian affairs from behind the curtain with something obvious or announced for the media, she said adding that it could have been limited on mechanisms of humanitarian aid entry to Syria.

As a party, we seek to solve the Syrian crisis via a Syrian-Syrian dialogue in accordance with the UN concered resolutions including number 2254, and away from the military solution that the world has been insisting to adopt.

For solving the crisis, the Turkish intervention should be limited, and its occupation of the Syrian lands should be ended, and the demographic change operations in areas of Afrin, Tal Abyad, Ras al-Ain, Ezaz, Gerabuls, and al-Bab should be stopped.

She expressed her hopes that the coming stage would see serious developments for solving the Syrian crisis and putting an end to the Syrian sufferings. She also hoped a solution will be looming to meeting the Syrian aspirations and goals for building the future of Syria with a national identity on basis of de-centralized diversified democracy.

On the other hand, Sehanouk Debo, a member of the presidential council of SDC, commented in an exclusive interview on the arrangements that advanced Moscow’s calls for a new round of negotiations between the regime and the Autonomous Administration and the range of convenience to resume dialogue between the two sides in preparation for reducing the tensions and crisis.

He told SOHR, “from our side in the SDC, we see that reality of division isn’t for the interest of any Syrian forces.”

He added that it is better to enter constructive negotiations in accordance with frameworks and criteria that should work as a real applicable vision for the UNSC resolution number 2254, noting that any delay in settling the Syrian crisis means putting more obstacles in face of a peaceful process or its sustainable solution.

Debo added that away from any analysis or prospection, the UNSC meeting on July 11 will be a test for the recently-held summits especially the Biden-Putin summit that was convinced in the past month.

He added that the minor group members are real guarantees for any solution coming from the Syrian side, but we believe that the Syrian factors are critical in reaching a solution.

“Any Syrian-Syrian dialogue or real negotiations for Syrian self-determination would be successful compared to other solutions,” he emphasized.

Answering a question about the most important Kurdish demands, Debo told SOHR, “it’s important to say that neither the SDC nor the Autonomous Administration for north and northeast Syria would only seek to solve the Kurdish issue.”
“We are an important Syrian side and the Autonomous Administration are important parts of Syria,” he stressed adding that “no separation from Syria and no relinquish for the Autonomous Administration as a model for solving the Syrian crisis or for achieving a democratic political reality. Our demands are interconnected and united.”