Russian diplomat says Kurds need to join intra-Syrian talks in Geneva

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. Moscow believes it necessary to engage the Kurds in the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters on Monday. "The Kurds’ participation issue is still pressing. We believe that their representatives should be engaged (in the Geneva talks on settling the Syrian crisis," the Russian diplomat stressed. "Everything depends on the participants’ will, and on the UN representatives, of course," Bogdanov noted adding that the work on forming delegations will be resumed ahead of the next round of talks. "I think, some conclusions will be made after the first round of talks which will end in a few days, after that, we hope that the second round of talks will begin," he said. "This is a complicated process, it takes time, but we expect that all the remaining issues will be settled." Read more