Turkey’s president has come out strongly in opposition to Israel’s plans to double the inhabitants of the occupied Golan Heights, saying Syria’s borders are an immutable line
In his criticism of Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he condemned plans to double the inhabitants of the Golan Heights as an try and “broaden borders within the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s fall.”
“Defending Syria’s territorial integrity and unified construction underneath all circumstances is Turkey’s unchanging line. We’ll by no means again down from this,” Erdogan mentioned on Monday.
He additional acknowledged that “even when Israel exploits the scenario, eventually they should withdraw from the land they occupy. They are going to be pressured to take action.”
Massive elements of the Golan Heights had been taken by Israel in the course of the Six-Day Warfare in 1967 and later annexed.
