Damascus: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa warned against "imposing a divisive reality" in the country, addressing the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

According to National Iraqi News Agency, in a statement issued by the Syrian presidency on Sunday, al-Sharaa said that "the recent agreement constituted a positive step towards calm and openness to a comprehensive national solution. However, the recent actions and statements issued by the SDF leadership, which call for federalism and establish a separate reality on the ground, clearly contradict the content of the agreement and threaten the country's unity and territorial integrity."

The statement affirmed "the rejection of any attempts to impose a divisive reality or establish separate entities under the names of federalism or self-administration without comprehensive national consensus."

Al-Sharaa expressed "deep concern about practices that indicate dangerous trends toward demographic change in some areas, threatening the Syrian social fabric and weakening the chances of a comprehensive national solution."

It also warned against "disrupting the work of Syrian state institutions in areas controlled by the SDF, restricting citizens' access to their services, and monopolizing national resources and exploiting them outside the state framework, which contributes to deepening divisions and threatening national sovereignty."

The statement added: "The SDF leadership cannot monopolize decision-making in northeastern Syria, where indigenous components such as Arabs, Kurds, Christians, and others coexist. Confiscating the decision-making power of any component and monopolizing its representation is unacceptable. There can be no stability or future without genuine partnership and fair representation for all parties."

Al-Sharaa and the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, signed an agreement on March 11, merging all civilian and military institutions affiliated with the Kurdish Autonomous Administration into the framework of the Syrian state.

At a conference of various Kurdish parties held Saturday in northeastern Syria, the idea of a federal formula emerged among the proposals on the table.