FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag flies with the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin in the background in Moscow, Russia, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a change in the status of the Golan Heights would be a direct violation of United Nations decisions, RIA news agency said in a report citing ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
She was commenting on a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump, who tweeted on Thursday it was time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967.
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