SDC calls on the Syrians to make Newroz an official national holiday in Syria

Syrian Democratic Council issued a statement to the public opinion on the occasion of Newroz, saying:

"Most of the peoples of the region celebrate Newroz, which means the new day. Although the vision and conviction of each people differs from the other, whether in national, religious or related to nature, they unanimously agree that Newroz values mean advancement, freedom and rebirth, and as a whole emphasize the values of goodness and equality. The Kurds are at the forefront of these peoples who have been celebrating Newroz for more than three thousand years."

The statement continued, "We congratulate the Newroz holiday on all the Kurds in Syria, the region and the world, and we affirm that the Kurdish issue is a national issue that must be resolved in accordance with international covenants and charters within the country's unity and territorial integrity, and that one of the most important factors for stability in the region and resolving its crises, foremost of which is the Syrian crisis, which has entered its eleventh year, is finding a just solution to the Kurdish issue as it is an essential part of the Syrian democratic issue, and a decisive criterion for Syrian democratic transformation and change and a solution to its crisis, achieving democratic, non-sectarian rule for a decentralized, pluralistic state.

The statement added, "The repudiation of the solution to this issue is not that it does not serve any party only, but that it loses all the national and religious components of the people of Syria, and if the delegates forcibly deny the peoples of our region a hundred years ago, the rights of the Kurdish people and deny them their cause, their natural and interrelated rights and their issues. the other indigenous peoples in the Middle East; it is time for the Syrian national democratic forces to say their just word on this and other issues.

SDC also directs to all Syrians that Newroz Day be an official national holiday in Syria, and that Mother's Day be celebrated again as it was known to everyone on the 13th of May; After it was altered in violation and inserted under Decree 104 in 1988, hoping that the coming year of Newroz will be an end to the Syrian pain and the beginning of sustainable peace in Syria, the region and the world.

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ANHA