BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) - Russian military police secured UN mission access to Golan Heights on Friday, for the first time since the beginning of the conflict in Syria on.
Deputy commander of the Russian forces in Syrian Arab Republic Sergei Kuralenko said that today's event will allow the UN mission to "fully fulfil its obligations to the international community."
He added that this will also "improve the overall situation in the area."
"People see the Russian military police and UN forces on joint patrols in this area [and they believe that] the situation is improving," he said.
The UN mission was able to reach neutral territories controlled by the staff of the international organisation under the 1974 Israel-Syria Separation of Forces Agreement.
Syrian government forces had lost control of checkpoints to militants amid the civil war, preventing the access of UN missions.
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