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Russia Will Use Donald Trump's Golan Heights Comments to Justify Crimea Annexation, Experts Say
Source: Newsweek
RUSSIA WILL USE DONALD TRUMP'S GOLAN HEIGHTS COMMENTS TO JUSTIFY CRIMEA ANNEXATION, EXPERTS SAY
BY CRISTINA MAZA ON 3/22/19 AT 1:40 PM EDT
Analysts have argued that President Donald Trump’s Thursday comments about the Golan Heights could set a dangerous precedent with regard to Russia's stance on Crimea, even if Trump's comments are not legally binding.
Critics fear Trump's call in the tweet on Thursday for the United States to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights—territory Israel seized from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967 and annexed in 1981—could play into Russian President Vladimir Putin's hands by undermining the international condemnation of Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea.
“Trump’s incompetence as a state leader is extraordinary: with one tweet recognizing Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, he undercuts five years of NATO condemnation of Russia’s annexation of Crimea,” tweeted Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project of the Federation of American Scientists.
“The jungle is back,” former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt tweeted. “This is a catastrophic departure from the very basis of international law. Kremlin will applaud and apply the same principle to Crimea. Beijing will applaud and apply to South China Sea.”
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BY CRISTINA MAZA ON 3/22/19 AT 1:40 PM EDT
Analysts have argued that President Donald Trump’s Thursday comments about the Golan Heights could set a dangerous precedent with regard to Russia's stance on Crimea, even if Trump's comments are not legally binding.
Critics fear Trump's call in the tweet on Thursday for the United States to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights—territory Israel seized from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967 and annexed in 1981—could play into Russian President Vladimir Putin's hands by undermining the international condemnation of Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea.
“Trump’s incompetence as a state leader is extraordinary: with one tweet recognizing Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, he undercuts five years of NATO condemnation of Russia’s annexation of Crimea,” tweeted Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project of the Federation of American Scientists.
“The jungle is back,” former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt tweeted. “This is a catastrophic departure from the very basis of international law. Kremlin will applaud and apply the same principle to Crimea. Beijing will applaud and apply to South China Sea.”
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-donald-trump-golan-heights-justify-crimea-annexation-1372574
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