Saudi Arabia rejects, condemns Trump's decision on Golan Heights
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'Saudi Arabia expresses its firm rejection and condemnation of the US administration's declaration that it recognises Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights,' read a statement published by the Saudi state news agency.
Saudi Arabia rejected US President Donald Trump's decision of signing a proclamation recognising Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights on Monday also saying that it "condemned" the move as a violation of international law.
"Saudi Arabia expresses its firm rejection and condemnation of the US administration's declaration that it recognises Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights," read a statement published by the Saudi state news agency.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed Trump's move as ''historic''.
"Your decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty on the Golan Heights is so historic," Netanyahu told Trump.
"Your recognition is a twofold act of historic justice. Israel won the Golan Heights in a just war of self-defence, and the Jewish people's roots in the Golan go back thousands of years," Netanyahu added.
The Jewish state captured the territory from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967.