Report: Decision to disarm Palestinian camps taken, Abbas' visit decisive
A decision to disarm the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon has been taken and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ visit to Beirut on Wednesday will be “decisive in this regard in terms of devising the plans and executive mechanisms,” Lebanese sources informed on the Palestinian file said.
“Lebanese officials prefer that the plans be Palestinian and shared with the Lebanese side, with Lebanon pushing for the disarmament process to be among the Palestinian themselves and led by the Fatah Movement,” the sources told ad-Diyar newspaper.
“The Hamas Movement for its part has sent positive signals on its readiness to hand over weapons if there is a major Lebanese-Palestinian decision in this regard, as eyes remain fixed on the hardline organizations inside the camps and whether they will cooperate or the matter will require surgical measures carried out by Fatah and its allies,” the sources added.
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