The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs condemns in the strongest terms the declaration signed by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, which is a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as the fact that the President of the United States does not have the right and legal capacity to legitimize the Israeli occupation of Syrian territory, and therefore the resolution is absolutely null and void, and is a violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

The Council affirms its full support for the position expressed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which affirms the position of the Arab Republic of Egypt, which considers the Syrian Golan to be occupied Arab territory in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy, notably UN Security Council Resolution 497 of 1981, which declared Israel’s decision to impose its legal and judicial jurisdiction over the occupied Syrian Golan null and void.

President Trump’s announcement and previous decisions to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the latter’s designation as the capital of Israel in violation of international resolutions, as well as Washington’s announcement to cut off aid to the Palestinian National Authority and to stop funding UNRWA, measures that threaten security and stability in the entire Middle East region, and provide an environment conducive to extremism and terrorism at a time when the United States of America had to act responsibly by virtue of its obligations not only as a sponsor of peace, but also As a permanent member of the Security Council, it is the responsibility of the Security Council to maintain international peace and security and not to create chaos and instability in this region, in the light of the expansionist and racist practices of the State of Israel, the only military occupation state in our contemporary world with the absolute support of the United States of America.