An-Najah News - The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova said in a statement “We see this as another manifestation of the United States' blatantly disdainful attitude to the globally recognized international legal principles of the Mideastern settlement,” over US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent visit to the Golan Heights.

she considered his visit as further evidence of Washington's lack of respect for international law.
 “The US administration's attempts to give legitimacy to the illegal Israeli settlements contradicts the United Nations Charter and the UN Security Council's resolutions Zakharova added.

“Russia sees the Golan Heights as territory occupied by Israel, and considers the Israeli settlements there to be constructed illegally,” she reaffirmed.