UNSC does not recognize Israel's annexation of Syrian Golan Heights

UNSC rejects Netanyahu's claim to occupied Syrian Golan (File image)

New York (IINA) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday said that it does not recognize Israel's annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, in response to comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said on April 17 that the plateau "will remain forever under Israeli sovereignty."
"Council members expressed their deep concern over recent Israeli statements about the Golan, and stressed that the status of the Golan remains unchanged," China's UN Ambassador Liu Jieyi, president of the 15-member body for this month, told reporters after a closed-door meeting.
He added that council resolution 497 of 1981 made clear that Israel's decision at the time to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the Golan was "null and void and without international legal effect."
The Chinese UN envoy called on the parties to respect the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights under the UN auspices. He added that the Council reiterated the need for negotiations to achieve lasting, just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
In related developments, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the European Union (EU) condemned the remarks made by Netanyahu during a meeting of his cabinet held in the Golan, a first for an Israeli government in the occupied plateau since 1967.
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