Meanings of illegal annexation in inglés

The West condemned the move as an illegal annexation and imposed sanctions on Moscow.

The West condemned the seizure as an illegal annexation and imposed sanctions on Moscow.

Many Papuans regard the Indonesian takeover as an illegal annexation.

Palestinians consider such a step as illegal annexation of occupied land they seek for a future state.

Palestinians consider such a step to be the illegal annexation of occupied land they seek for a future state.

The sanctions were introduced last year, to reinforce the EU's opposition to Russia's illegal annexation of the two territories in March 2014.

But Russia remains firmly in control of Crimea, and its illegal annexation now appears set to become an established fact of life.

Western leaders queued up hungrily for a piece of Russia's president following his armed intervention in Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea.

Russia this year established semi-official ties with the separatists and boosted it peacekeeping contingents, steps Tbilisi said were an illegal annexation of its territory.

Israel accelerated its " illegal annexation" of East Jerusalem last year through municipal and security policies that discriminated against Palestinian residents, an EU report said.