Syria condemns illegal visit made by Israeli occupation officials to southern region

Syria strongly condemned the illegal visit made by the Israeli occupation’s Prime Minister, along with Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs and a number of occupation officials to the southern region of the Syrian Arab Republic, Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

The Ministry described the move as a serious violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

“We affirm that the visit represents a new attempt to impose a de facto situation that contradicts relevant UN Security Council resolutions and falls within the occupation’s policies aimed at consolidating its aggression and continuing its violations of Syrian territory,” the statement said.

It affirmed that Syria reiterates its firm demand for the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation from Syrian lands and confirms that all measures taken by the occupation in southern Syria are null and void and carry no legal effect under international law.

“We call on the international community to assume its responsibilities, deter the occupation’s practices and compel it to fully withdraw from southern Syria and return to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement,” the statement added.

Source: SANA