Abbas: We're determined to withdraw all Palestinian arms from Lebanon
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that he is “determined to withdraw all Palestinian arms from Lebanon,” after his Fatah Movement handed over weapons from several Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut’s southern suburbs and south Lebanon.
“The talk about disarming the camps in Lebanon started 15 years ago … The disarmament of Palestinian camps is a prelude to protecting Lebanon,” Abbas said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television.
“The camps’ weapons served their objective in 1969 and have no role now,” Abbas added.
Revealing that he has agreed with President Joseph Aoun on the removal of arms from all camps, Abbas added that he wants a “normal relation” with Lebanon and to preserve the country’s “unity and security.”
“I will not be a reason for impeding the Lebanese state project … and the Lebanese state will be entrusted with storing the Palestinian arms,” Abbas said.
Source: Naharnet
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/315049 |