5 EU nations reiterate opposition to Trump action on Golan
Five European Union allies of the United States are
reiterating their opposition to President Donald Trump's recognition of
Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights and raising "strong
concerns" about the consequences.
Ambassadors from the five EU members of the UN
Security Council — France, Germany, Britain, Poland and Belgium — issued a
joint statement Tuesday saying that they don't recognize Israel's sovereignty
over the Golan Heights which Israel occupied in 1967, ABC News reported.
They said: "Annexation of territory by force is
prohibited under international law," and any unilateral border changes go
against "the rules-based international order and the UN Charter."
The statement concluded: "We raise our strong
concerns about broader consequences of recognizing illegal annexation and also
about the broader regional consequences."
