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EU confirms non-recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

Published March 26, 2019. Updated March 26 at 9:19 am

Tourists stand next to a silhouette sculpture of an Israeli soldier at an army post on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on March 22, 2019. - The Syrian government condemned US President Donald Trump's pledge to recognise Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, saying it flies in the face of international law.

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The European Union continues not to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the territories it has been occupying since 1967, an EU official told Interfax in Brussels on March 25.

The EU position has not changed and the EU, in accordance with international law, does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the territories which have been occupied by Israel since June 1967, including the Golan Heights, and does not consider them to be part of Israel, the source said.