The Vatican Foreign Minister Receives a Delegation from the Syrian Democratic Council

The Vatican Foreign Minister, His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, received in Rome, the capital of Italy, a delegation from the Syrian Democratic Council to discuss the file of the Syrian crisis and the Turkish aggression on North and East Syria.
The meeting that took place in Vatican
between the delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council, which included both the co-president , Riad Darar, and the president of the Executive Committee , Ilham Ahmed, on the one hand and the Vatican Foreign Minister on the other hand, dealt with the file of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Turkish aggression on the regions of N -E Syria.
The delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council conveyed the situation in which the peoples of the region and its components live in light of the Turkish occupation and the practices done by the Turkish state, from the change in the population composition in the area and the genocide against the indigenous people of the region, as well as the suffering of the displaced persons in N-E Syria.
The bilateral meeting also discussed the course of the political process in Syria and the prospects for comprehensive solutions and settlement, where the delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council discussed the need to include representatives of Self-Administration for N- E Syria in the international efforts aimed at ending the Syrian crisis, whether in the Constitutional Committee or the Geneva meetings as a necessity for success and a real breakthrough in the path of final solution.
The delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council spoke to Mr. ,Gallagher, about the experience of Self-Management and its model for protecting minorities by involving all components of the region in managing their affairs within the bodies and structures of Self-Administration, in addition to talking about the mechanism of Self-Administration and its democratic experience in Syria.
For his part, the Holy See official expressed his happiness and promised to provide the necessary support to the demands of the delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council.

Media of the Syrian Democratic Council
December 20, 2019