Catalan delegation visits NE Syria

Today a Catalan delegation made up of Ruben Wagensberg and Eulalia Reguant embers of the Catalan Parliament and Laura Perez member of the Barcelona Council arrived at the  Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in the city of Qamishlo received by Abdul Kareem Umar and Dania Ramadan Co-chairs of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and member of the Administrative Body Sana' Daham.

The two sides discussed latest developments in the region and in Syria as a whole of which developing relations between Catalonia and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, '' in our diplomacy we depend on communal one and on developing relations with civil society associations, syndicates, unions and feminist, youth, intellectual and academician movements, so we are really happy with your visit'', said Abdul Kareem Umar, Co-chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.   

On the table was crimes committed in occupied areas by the Turkish occupation forces in Sere Kaniye, Afrin and Gire Spi( murder, rape, torture and forced displacement), and the status of IDPs in camps as well as constructing settlements and blocking water of Euphrates river and the imminent consequences.

Umar also laid stress on the need to re-open the Tal Kocer crossing point for humanitarian relief.

In turn the visiting delegation made clear that they eager to know the reality of political and social situation in North East Syria and that they were in North Eastern Syria to get acquainted with the difficulties and the mechanism by which they could deliver help to solve these issues.

L.A.

ANHA

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