Switzerland has come under pressure from Syria and Turkey after Syrian Kurds opened a “representation office” in Geneva. Damascus has sent a letter of protest to Bern, and in Ankara the Swiss embassy’s chief of mission has been summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Switzerland's Charge d’Affaires on Tuesday in connection with the opening in Geneva of a representative office of the Syrian Kurdish Self-Defense Forces (YPG), affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The 16th round of international talks on Syria within the framework of Astana Format began on Wednesday in Kazakhstan's capital city of Nur-Sultan and it was attended by delegations from Iran, Russia, Turkey and Syrian government and opposition.
