Five US allies in the European Union declared their disagreement over the  President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights and and expressed "strong concern" about the consequences of this decision, AP reported.

The ambassadors of five members of the UN Security Council - France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland and Belgium -  issued a joint statement, noting that they do not recognize sovereignty of Israel over the Golan heights which Israel occupied in 1967.

“Annexation of territory by force is prohibited under international law,” and any unilateral border changes go against “the rules-based international order and the U.N. Charter,” they said. “We raise our strong concerns about broader consequences of recognizing illegal annexation and also about the broader regional consequences."

On March 25, President Donald Trump officially recognized the Golan Heights as part of Israel, which was announced at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Golan Heights is a disputable territory in the Middle East the biggest part of which is controlled by Israel, while the eastern part by Syria. Just as Israel, Syria considers the Golan Heights a part of its territory. From 1944 to 1967 the Golan Heights were a part of the Syrian province of Quneitra. Two thirds of the territory was seized by Israel during the Six-Day war in June 1976.