500 PYD members, including its leaders, and many others (including Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi) attended.[3] Czech Republic – The YPG opened an official representation office in Prague in April 2016.[4][5] The relationship with the YPG on particular has been described as "amicable", and "Czech Defense Ministry and other officials are said to regularly hobnob with YPG cadres."[2] The Czech Republic is one of the main sources of weapons flowing to the YPG through the US-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[2] The office was shut down on December 2016.[6] Salih Muslim, then foreign relations official of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) coalition, was briefly detained at Turkey’s request on 25 February 2018 in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, but was released two days later, drawing angry protests from Turkey.[7] On 17 March 2018, the Czech authorities dismissed Turkey's request.[8] Finland – According to Suomen Kuvalehti magazine, Finland is planning on giving the autonomous region support for developing government and rebuilding infrastructure.[9] France – In May 2016, the administration of the autonomous region opened a representation office in Paris.[10] In February 2015, President Francois Hollande met with the PYD co-leader Asya Abdullah and the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) commander Nesrin Abdullah in the Elysee Palace.[11] French Special Operations Command Forces are supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces in operations.[12] In August 2016, a French delegation and the People’s Municipality Board in the autonomous region signed a contract to open a center in the Kurdish and French languages in order to bring the cultures of the autonomous region and France together, and the opening of a branch of the Paris 8 University in the autonomous region was also discussed.[13] In May 2017, Hollande received the co-chairman of the PYD, Salih Muslim, for talks on the Syria situation.[14] On 29 March 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to send troops to Syria's Manbij in a bid to assist local Syrian Democratic Forces militias in preventing Turkish forces from advancing on the town.[15]