By Yusuf Hatip</p> <p>BRUSSELS (AA) – President of the European Council on Friday reiterated EU’s stance not to recognize Golan Heights in Syria as Israeli sovereignty despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent move on it.</p> <p>"The European Union's position is well known and has not changed," Donald Tusk told a news conference after an EU summit in Brussels when asked about Trump’s move to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.</p> <p>The EU doesn't recognize the Golan Heights within the frame of Israeli sovereignty.</p> <p>On Thursday, Trump said it was time for the U.S. to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.</p> <p>Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Israel occupies roughly two-thirds of the wider Golan Heights as a de facto result of the conflict. It moved to formally annex the territory in 1981 — an action unanimously rejected at the time by the UN Security Council.
* Writing by Ali Murat Alhas
