President Benigno Aquino 3rd has agreed to keep the 340 Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights until August 11, a Palace spokesman said on Friday.

Edwin Lacierda said Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario presented the recommendations on the peacekeepers’ deployment given by the Philippine assessment team to President Aquino on Thursday.

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