Kurds in Northern Syria to Draft Federalization Document Within 6 Months
20:39 17.03.2016(updated 20:41 17.03.2016)
The inaugural council of the self-declared Democratic Federal System for Rojava and Northern Syria plans to enact a federalization law within the next six months, a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) source said on Thursday.
BEIRUT (Sputnik) – The body to draft the federalization document is yet to be elected, the source said, adding that it could comprise 31 members, a number that may be increased.
Earlier on Thursday, members of a Kurdish conference in the Syrian town of Rmeilan announced the creation of a federal region in Syria's north that would remain a part of Syria.
All ethnicities living in northern Syria will be represented in the Kurdish federal region's ruling bodies including Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Syrians and Syrian Armenians, Rojava's co-chairman told Sputnik earlier.
The announcement came against the backdrop of a new round of Syrian peace talks in Geneva and strong opposition among all stakeholders to the division and the breakdown of Syrian territorial integrity.
So far, the federalization was rejected by Damascus as unlawful.
© Sputnik
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