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Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived in Lebanon on Monday for talks with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and other officials on relations and the plight of Palestinian refugees.
His brief trip comes amid renewed efforts to revive the Middle East peace process and concern among politicians that any deal on the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon would be at the expense of the Lebanese.
In an interview published Monday, Abbas said he categorically rejects the permanent resettlement of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Lebanon.
"Until our problem is solved, we are guests in Lebanon, and we refuse any nation other than our own and any solution other than the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 194," on the Palestinian right to return to their former homeland, Abbas told Al-Liwaa newspaper.
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) lists almost 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
But Lebanese and Palestinian officials say the actual number may be as low as 250,000 as UNRWA does not strike off its list those who emigrate. Most of the refugees who remain live in dire conditions in 12 camps across the country of four million inhabitants.
- Berri meets plane crash victims' families and assures them that the state will provide assistance (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 16h50)
- Arslan visits Gemayel in Bekfaya (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 16h37)
- Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon Sardar Kilik meets Siniora and Jumblatt (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 14h50)
- Qanso says the national dialogue will not bring any positive changes (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 13h19)
- Ogassapian says first dialogue session was calm and beneficial (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 12h55)
- Moussawi calls on putting limits to the American security violations in Lebanon (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 12h43)
- Majdalani says Lebanon should be fortified through national unity (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 12h36)
- Fadlallah: Discussing the Resistance is out of the question during national dialogue (iloubnan.info - March 10, 2010, 10h15)
- Qabalan urges dialogue on economy rather than national defense strategy (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 19h00)
- Ahmadinejad to visit Afghanistan on Wednesday (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 18h30)
- Franjieh addresses issue of Palestinian arms during national dialogue (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 18h00)
- National dialogue: "Nothing truly serious to be expected”, according to Joseph Bahout (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 17h41)
- Gemayel urges keeping Lebanon out of the “games of axes” (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 17h30)
- Conference about water attended by Bassil and Salameh (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 16h30)
- Houri: National dialogue committee to only discuss defense strategy (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 15h30)
- Lebanese media mogul Antoine Choueiry reportedly passes away (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 15h00)
- Mikati meets with Jordanian Ambassador (iloubnan.info - March 09, 2010, 14h30)
