INQUIRER.net: PH recommends peacekeepers stay in Golan

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

PH recommends peacekeepers stay in Golan Jul 31st 2013, 07:08 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' top diplomat says he has reversed an earlier recommendation to the president and now wants about 340 Filipino peacekeepers to stay in the Golan Heights for at least six months after the UN promised to bolster their safety. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario told a news conference in Manila on Wednesday that UN officials assured him in a recent meeting in New York that they would fulfill three conditions laid down by the Philippine government, including providing the peacekeepers with more self-defense weapons. Del Rosario asked President Benigno Aquino III in May to withdraw the peacekeepers from Golan due to escalating hostilities bet... Keep on reading: PH recommends peacekeepers stay in Golan Media files: UN-peacekeeper-1024x682.jpg (image/jpeg)

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