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next month, an official said.
The People's Council of Western Kurdistan (PCWK) and the Kurdish National Council (KNC) have been at odds since last month when the former announced a transitional autonomous administration for Kurdish-majority areas of northeastern and northwestern Syria without the latter's backing.
The dispute has led to the closure of the border between Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which backs the KNC, and Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria.
The KNC is a member of the Syrian National Coalition, which opposes
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. It has accused the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the most powerful armed Kurdish organization in Syria and the main group in the PCWK, of ties to Assad's regime.
The PYD wants an autonomous Kurdish area within a federal Syria, which the Syrian National Coalition opposes.
"The meetings of the Kurdish parties begin today, Tuesday, in Arbil," the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, KNC member Bahajat Bashir told AFP.
"These meetings are for the sake of unifying the Kurdish house and its political (position)... and preparing for the Geneva meeting, so the Kurdish participation will be strong," Bashir said, referring to peace talks that are now to take place in Montreux, Switzerland.
He added that the meetings also aim to improve relations between the PCWK and the KNC.
Iraqi Kurdistan regional president Massud Barzani met with delegations from the Syrian Kurdish groups on Monday, his website said.