Syria asks UN security council for an emergency meeting of the UNITED states’recognition of the golan heights as part of Israel.
It appears by a letter from Syria to the UN security council, writes the news agency AFP.
on Monday signed the president of the UNITED states, Donald Trump, a decree, which the UNITED states recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over the golan heights.
Israel captured the area from Syria during the June 1967 six-day and declared it as a part of the country in 1981.
Internationally, Israel’s annexation of the strategically important hills never been recognized. The UN security council ruled in 1981 that it is occupied syrian territory.
The u.s. decision was immediately condemned from the syrian side.
no matter how many years that have passed, changes this not in the fact that the Golan is occupied syrian territory, said the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Moualem, on the state tv.
According to the syrian ministry of foreign affairs has the Trump is not the authority on their own to legitimize the occupation of the golan heights.
It appears a press release from the ministry, writes the news agency Reuters.
– the Resolution makes the UNITED states to the arabs main enemy, standing there in the message.
Syrian protesters in Aleppo. Photo: AFP
Syria is being supported by, among others, The Arab League, who also maintain that the golan heights is syrian territory.
From the several pages, there have sounded warnings that the UNITED states’decision to recognise Israel’s right to the golan heights can have far-reaching and dangerous consequences.
Russia warned Monday again on a ‘new wave’ of tensions in the Middle east, after Trump had signed the decree.
prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, by contrast, is thrilled with Trumps decision.
– This is truly a historic day, he said in Washington, when the decree was signed.
Israel has been fortunate to have many american presidents as a friend. But Israel has never had a better friend than you, said Netanyahu.