ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has strongly opposed and condemned the decision of United States’ administration to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over Syrian Golan Heights.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said the US decision represents a serious violation of UN Charter, international law and applicable UN Security Council Resolutions.
He said it also constitutes a serious blow to the rule of law and international norms.
Warning of a ripple effect that it will have on the region and the world, the FO spokesperson said Islamabad shares the international outrage and is deeply concerned over the potentially grave repercussions of this decision for the region and beyond. He said Pakistan calls upon the UN Security Council to take cognizance of this situation and take steps in accordance with the UN Charter.
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On Monday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally recognizing the Golan, annexed from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, as Israeli territory. It came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on the visit to the United States just days before the Israeli parliamentary elections.
The US move has already been harshly condemned by Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, as well as US allies both in the West and the Arab world.
Damascus has reportedly already requested a UN Security Council emergency meeting on the situation around the Golan.
