Party President Ninos Isho also stated during a meeting with Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov in April 2017 that the party wants a new Syrian constitution that grants self-determination, more rights and recognition as native people to the Syrian Assyrians.[3] The Assyrian Democratic Party also took part in the Northern Syria regional elections in December 2017 as part of the PYD-led "Democratic Nation List".[18] Party official Wail Mîrza called the election "historical", and further said that such elections are what Assyrians "are striving for all over Syria".[19] The ADP took part in the Sochi peace talks of January 2018.[20]