Turkey will raise in the UN the issue of recognition of the Golan as the territory of Israel

25 March 2019

Turkey indends to raise in the UN the issue of the recognition of US sovereignty over US Golan. This was stated in a television interview by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. «Turkey will raise in the UN a theme with the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan by the United States», the Turkish leader said. 

 

We recall that «the time has come» to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, on March 21st, the US President Donald Trump said in his microblog on Twitter.

 

A number of countries, including Russia, Germany, Iran, Syria, France and others, came out against such unilateral actions. The Golan belonging to Syria since 1944 was captured by Israel during the six-day war in 1967 and unilaterally proclaimed Israeli territory. The UN Security Council in 1981 declared these actions null and void.