“These situations are completely different. Israel received the Golan Heights due to the fact that it was under attack. He defended ... They took this territory to continue to defend themselves, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
Pompeo made the statement that "Russia, on the contrary, was not in a defensive position."
“Russia, at a convenient time for itself, decided to take the land away from the people who did not pose any threat to it,” he said.
Earlier, Pompeo said that the rhetoric of the United States regarding the Golan Heights is not a “double standards policy” compared with the attitude towards the reunification of Crimea with Russia. According to him, the actions of the United States are necessary for the security of Israel.
The statement of the US Secretary of State was commented by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula spoke in favor of reunification with Russia.