Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Golan Heights are Syrian territory

22 March 2019

 

The Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published an official comment regarding the US intention to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which was announced yesterday by the US President Donald Trump on his Twitter microblog.

 

 

As noted in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, such statements are another manifestation of Washington’s disregard for international law and resolutions of the UN Security Council.

 

 

«Russia’s position on this issue remains unchanged. The Golan Heights, of course, are Syrian territory, which Israel occupied as a result of the 1967 war, and illegally annexed 14 years later», in the comments of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is said, in particular.

 

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