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DAMASCUS: The Syrian presidency rejected on Sunday a Kurdish call for a decentralized state, warning against attempts at separatism or federalism by the minority group.
鈥淲e reject clearly any attempt to impose a separatist reality or to create separate entities under the cover of federalism... without a national consensus,鈥� the presidency said in a statement in which it also condemned 鈥渢he recent activities and declarations鈥� of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that 鈥渃all for federalism.鈥�
鈥淭he unity of Syria, of its territories and its people is a red line,鈥� the statement said.
The declaration came a day after a conference of Syrian Kurdish parties adopted a joint vision of a 鈥渄ecentralized democratic state.鈥�
The new authorities in Syria, who replaced the overthrown Bashar Assad in December, have repeatedly rejected the idea of Kurdish autonomy.
The US-backed Kurds control large areas of northeastern Syria, much of which they took over in the process of defeating jihadists of the Daesh group between 2015 and 2019.
They have enjoyed de facto autonomy since early in the civil war which broke out in 2011, but the new authorities have insisted on a unitary state.
In March, Syria鈥檚 interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, and the SDF chief Mazloum Abdi, signed an agreement to integrate Kurdish institutions into the Syrian state.
Abdi told the conference on Saturday that 鈥渕y message to all Syrian constituents and the Damascus government is that the conference does not aim, as some say, at division.鈥�
Instead it aimed 鈥渇or the unity of Syria,鈥� he insisted.
鈥淲e support all Syrian components receiving their rights in the constitution to be able to build a decentralized democratic Syria that embraces everyone,鈥� Abdi said.
Most of Syria鈥檚 oil and gas fields are in areas administered by the Kurdish authorities. These may prove a crucial resource for Syria鈥檚 new authorities as they seek to rebuild the war-devastated country.