Another round of Syrian peace talks will begin next week, at which the new Syrian constitutional committee will meet.
US diplomats have told National Interest magazine they want to end the war in Syria through UN-led peace talks. However, the Syrian Kurds, who are considered allies of the United States, are disappointed to participate in the talks.
"We have not received any information from the main parties in the international community about the presence of the Kurds in the Constitutional Committee," Sinem Mohammed, a senior Syrian Kurdish diplomat in the United States, told National Interest.
"We are part of the main organizations in Syria and we should be able to express our views on the future of Syria," he added.
According to National Interest, one-third of the members of the drafting committee are appointed by the Syrian central government, one-third by the United Nations and another third by the opposition coalition in Syria, but the Syrian Democratic Forces or the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces which control a part of Syria are not a part of the Syrian opposition coalition.
The National Interest quoted the US envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, as saying that the issue of the presence of the people of northeastern Syria (a Syrian Kurdish-controlled area) in peace talks is sometimes raised, and that opposition elements in Syria are currently against their presence or participation or the participation of representatives from northeastern Syria.
The US government hopes to unite Kurdish movements in northern Syria to pave the way for Kurdish participation in the peace talks in Syria.
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