Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spent a second consecutive day in Beirut engaging in high-level meetings that underscored renewed demands for the complete disarmament of Palestinian factions, both inside and outside refugee camps, with the goal of placing all weapons under Lebanese state control.

Abbas held an hour-long meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Talks were attended by  Palestinian Ambassador Ashraf Dabbour, Fatah Secretary-General in Lebanon Fathi Abu Al-Ardat, and Berri’s media advisor Ali Hamdan. The discussion focused on the evolving situation in Lebanon and the wider region amid ongoing Israeli military operations targeting Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the state of Lebanese-Palestinian relations.

Later in the day, Abbas met with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam for bilateral talks, which were followed by a security-focused meeting. Representing Lebanon were Ambassador Ramez Damsheh, head of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, General Security Director Major General Hassan Shukeir, Lebanese Army Intelligence Director Brigadier General Tony Kahwaji, and advisor Ali Qaranooh.

The Palestinian delegation included Azam Al-Ahmad, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee; Ambassador Ashraf Dabbour; Dr. Ahmad Majdalani, a PLO Executive Committee member; President Abbas’s diplomatic advisor Dr. Magdy Khaled; Palestine’s UN Ambassador Dr. Riyad Mansour; Fatah Secretary-General in Lebanon Fathi Abu Al-Ardat; along with advisors Yasser Abbas and Wael Lafi.

The talks centered on ongoing efforts to bolster security and stability in Lebanon, with both sides reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty over its entire territory, including Palestinian refugee camps.

Both Salam and Abbas emphasized several core principles:

• Palestinians in Lebanon are considered guests who respect Lebanese state decisions. They reject any attempts at permanent resettlement and firmly maintain the right of return.

• The Lebanese government is committed to enforcing its sovereignty across all lands, including refugee camps, and ending the presence of all armed groups operating outside official state authority. The disarmament of Palestinian factions, inside and outside camps, is crucial to ensuring that weapons remain exclusively under state control.

• A joint executive committee will be formed to oversee the implementation of these agreements.

• Collaborative efforts will be prioritized to address the legal and social issues facing Palestinian refugees, aiming to improve their humanitarian conditions without compromising Lebanese sovereignty.

In addition, the leaders called for an immediate end to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and condemned the displacement of Palestinians from their homeland. They stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access throughout Gaza, removal of barriers to aid and reconstruction efforts, withdrawal of Israeli forces, and empowerment of the Palestinian Authority to govern the territory.

Abbas and Salam also reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to a two-state solution as a fair and comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in line with international resolutions and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative presented by Saudi Arabia at the Beirut Summit. The initiative calls for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state over the full territory of historic Palestine.