According to Kurdpress, Syrian Foreign Minister Asad Al-Shibani announced during a panel at the Munich Security Conference that the Damascus government does not consider the Syrian Democratic Forces as "enemies" but as its "partners" and wants these forces to be part of the official structure of the Syrian government..

He clarified: "We do not look at the Syrian Democratic Forces as an enemy, but we consider them our partners and we are very eager for them to work as part of the Syrian government."

According to Al-Shibani, the main priority of Damascus at the present time is the success of the integration process of these Kurdish-oriented forces in the framework of the central government. He added that the government's approach towards this force is determined based on "Syria's national interests"; According to him, the position has been accepted by the United States and Türkiye.

The Syrian Foreign Minister also said about his meeting with Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, that the meeting was held in the presence of Mazloum Abdi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces. He described this meeting as a sign of the "new view of the Syrian government" on the developments in the northeast of the country.

Al-Shibani emphasized that the Syrian government considers itself responsible for all the citizens of this country, and national identity should not be limited to a particular tribe, religion or religion, rather, government institutions should reflect the social diversity of Syria.

These statements come as the Syrian Democratic Forces announced in late January that they had reached a ceasefire and integration agreement with the central government, ending weeks of fighting between the two sides in northeastern Syria.