DAMASCUS, (SANA) - Damascus condemned yesterday the position of US President Donald Trump on the need to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria during the 1967 war, as a "blatant violation" of international resolutions. While the US decision was met with broad international and Arab condemnation, the Gulf Cooperation Council said Trump's comments on the Golan were undermining prospects for peace in the Middle East.
"After 52 years, the time has come for the United States to fully recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights," said Trump, who was quoted as saying on Thursday evening. "There is widespread condemnation," the official SANA news agency quoted an official source as saying. "The US position toward the occupied Syrian Golan clearly reflects the contempt of the United States for international legitimacy and its flagrant violation of its resolutions."
The source said that the United States, with its shrewd policies, governed by the mentality of hegemony and arrogance, has become the main factor in the aggravation of the situation on the international scene and the threat to international peace and stability. He called on the nations of the world to put an end to American arrogance and to restore international legitimacy and maintain peace and security. Stability in the world. "
In a joint position, the Syrian opposition declared its condemnation of Trump's position. The Arab League denounced the Trump declaration, saying that "the Golan is occupied Syrian territory."
The Secretary-General of the League, Ahmed Abul-Gheit, said on Thursday evening that «the statements issued by the poles of the US administration, which paves the way for a US official recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan, is completely out of international law».
For his part, expressed the Gulf Cooperation Council, regretted Trump's remarks, stressing that this will not change the "fixed truth", considering the Golan Heights Syrian territory. The Secretary-General of the Council of Cooperation, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, said that the president's statements undermine the chances of achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, which will be achieved only with the withdrawal of Israel from all Arab territories occupied in 1967.
For his part, warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Trump's position puts the region on the verge of «new crisis».
Egypt affirmed its firm position, considering the Syrian Golan as occupied territory, in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy. It also stressed "the need for the international community to respect the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Charter of the United Nations in terms of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force."
Jordan's Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, stressed the kingdom's "firm position that the Golan is occupied Syrian territory, in accordance with all international legitimacy resolutions, which clearly and explicitly state that land can not be seized by force."
In Ramallah, the Palestinian presidency and the Hamas movement condemned yesterday the United States' recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Syrian Golan.
"The legitimacy of Jerusalem and the Golan is determined by the Palestinian people and the Syrian people," the official spokesman of the Palestinian presidency said in a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to welcome Trump's sudden decision, which he supports in his tough campaign for reelection for the fifth time.
In Paris, the French Foreign Ministry said France does not recognize Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, and that its recognition contravenes international law. .