"We take the global situation realistically and comprehend that a united Kurdistan is an unattainable goal today, but we will seek confederation, that is at least that Kurds in Turkey, Iran and Syria obtain the same autonomous status like in Iraq, which will provide our people with an opportunity for comprehensive independent development," member of the Association of Kurdish Communities in Russia and the CIS Farhat Mardini announced at a news conference in Moscow.

For his part, another speaker at the news conference, Chair of the International Union of Kurdish NGOs, First Vice President of the Union of Diasporas in the Russian Federation, lawyer Merab Shamoyev added that "Kurds intend to obtain from world community the status of confederation member in all the four countries of compact settlement of Kurds - in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria."

Asked whether the matter concerns constitutional amendments and change of forms of government in the four mentioned countries, Merab Shamoyev said it was exactly what he meant, IA Regnum reports.