The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova promised to correct information on Crimea, given the words of Secretary of state Mike Pompeo on the recognition of the Golan heights, Israeli territory.

on the first day of the weekend, Pompeo said in an interview to television channel Sky News that the intention of the capital of the United States to recognize the Golan heights by Israel on the background of the situation with Crimea is not indicative of a US policy of double standards. In his vision, the actions of Donald trump in the Golan - the respect of the real situation and the situation in terms of safety required for the protection of the Israeli country.

Twenty-first of March trump said on Twitter that the United States needs to recognize the Golan heights for Israel. According to his statement, the Golan heights are of vital strategic importance, as well as among them security of Israel and the region in General.

the message of the President of the United States was made at the beginning of the visit of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in the US next week.

the Commissioner of the diplomatic service of the EU Maya Kocijancic said that the European Union States still does not recognize the Golan heights part of Israel.

Russia, for its part, will never respect the Golan heights for Israel, said Last news member of the international Department of the Federation Council Oleg Morozov.

for reviews of Maria Zakharova, the correction of the status of the Golan heights, bypassing the security Council - a direct violation of UN resolutions.

During the six day war of 1967 Israel captured from Syria and occupied the Golan heights, and in 1981 unilaterally annexed the territory. Affiliation the mountain plateau is considered the main subject of the Israeli-Syrian conflict, the attempts to solve which were made before the beginning of the civil war in the Syrian Arab Republic.



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