WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) Syria Kurdish delegation visits Sulaymaniya, to go to Europe

15-5-2014 – Kurdpress – A delegation from Cezire canton, one of the three Kurdish cantons in northern Syria, arrived yesterday in Sulaymaniya and is planned to go to European countries to win support, Hawar News said in a report.

According to the report the delegation met a group from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and discussed the latest developments in northern Syria. The delegation will then head to some European countries, including Germany, Italy and Russia to win support to the Kurdish cantons in northern Syria.

Cezire canton Foreign Minister Salih Gado said the delegation tries to clarify the situation and the organization of the cantons to officials in the European countries and win their support. The visit of the delegation to Sulaymaniya, the PUK stronghold, comes at a time Kurdistan Region ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has not officially recognized the Kurdish cantons, claiming that the de facto system has been established on the will of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Democratic Union Party (PYD). It is worth mentioning that three delegations from the cantons made official visits to Turkey and attended in a number of political, religious and cultural congresses.