The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) went to Damascus last week for a second round of talks with the government, its co-chair said on Tuesday. A delegation including members of the US-backed SDF, which controls roughly a quarter of Syria, held talks with Damascus this month in their first declared visit to the capital. The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) went for new talks on decentralization and the constitution, co-chair Riad Darar said on Tuesday. The "long dialogue" included a proposal from Damascus for the de facto autonomous region to take part in the states local elections next month, he told Reuters. The SDC insists on preserving its structure of governance and self-rule in any future elections, he said. "The delegation from Qamishli decided it would return for more discussions." State officials tabled many issues that the SDC saw as premature, Darar added. "We need to agree on service provision first and this could build trust between us and with the people." Meanwhile, reports said that Syria’s main Kurdish party, PYD, and other allied parties held on Monday a US-sponsored meeting in the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa to discuss decentralization. An informed Kurdish source said that the meeting aimed to focus on decentralization in line with the constitution. The visits highlight efforts by the Kurdish-led authorities to open new channels to Bashar al-Assads regime, as they seek to negotiate a political deal that keeps their autonomy within Syria. Negotiations could also raise new questions for US policy in Syria, where the US military has deployed into SDF territory during the battle against ISIS. The SDF is spearheaded by the Kurdish YPG militia, which has mostly avoided conflict with Assad and has said it aimed to secure Kurdish rights rather than topple the government. This has set them apart from rebel factions fighting to bring down Assad since 2011, which have now been defeated in much of the territory they once held.