The General Command of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released a statement about the ongoing discussions on a 'safe zone' intended to be established in North and East Syria.

Full text of the SDF statement is as follows:

“Since the day the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was established, we have made great efforts and achieved great victories in coordination with our partners in the international coalition led by US to counter terrorism, represented by ISIS terrorist organization and other radical terrorist groups.

Today, we continue our main task to protect all the peoples and faith groups in North and East Syria region. We would like to state that the regions protected by our forces are the only regions in Syria where all diversities live together safely, and that we constitute no danger for any of our neighbors, for Turkey in the first place.

As Syrian Democratic Forces, we are ready to support the efforts to establish a safe zone in North and East Syria on conditions that it is under international guarantee, protects all ethnic and religious components in the region from massacres, secures their rights and prohibits any external intervention in the region.”