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<p>UK policy, aligned with the EU, on Crimea and East Jerusalem is as follows:</p><p>a)
The EU does not recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia. Russia’s intervention
in Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea is a flagrant violation of a number of
Russia’s international commitments. That is why Russia has been isolated in the Security
Council and in the wider international community.</p><p>b) It has been the position
of every British Government since 1948 that the Occupied Palestinian Territories (East
Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza), were not lawfully part of the state of Israel at its
creation or at any point thereafter. In 2009, EU Council Conclusions stated that the
EU “will not recognise any changes to the pre-1967 borders including with regard to
Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the parties”. It also recalled that “it has
never recognised the annexation of East Jerusalem”.</p>
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