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Palestinian and Lebanese leaders agree to bring camps under state control
The agenda of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s state visit to Lebanon was dominated by talks of disarming Palestinian factions in Lebanon. A joint committee has also been established to bring Palestinian refugee camps under Lebanese state control.
Palestinian camps in Lebanon to begin disarming in June
The disarmament of Palestinian camps in Lebanon will begin next month, based on an accord with visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a Lebanese government official told the AFP news agency.
The report said the two sides have agreed to begin the process of removing weapons from the camps, beginning mid-June in the Beirut camps, with other camps to follow.
The deal came during the first meeting of a joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee announced yesterday to discuss the issue of the camps.
A statement from the committee released by the premier’s office said it agreed to “launch the process of handing over weapons according to a specific timetable, accompanied by practical steps to bolster the economic and social rights of Palestinian refugees”.
Abbas has been in Beirut since Wednesday for talks on disarming the Palestinian refugee camps, as Lebanon seeks to impose its authourity on all its territory.
