Agreement to disarm Palestinians in Lebanon's camps

The Lebanese and Palestinian sides agreed on Friday to begin withdrawing weapons from Palestinian refugee camps in mid-June.

This came in accordance with an agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is on an official visit to Lebanon, a Lebanese government source told Agence France-Presse.

The source, who requested anonymity, said that "an agreement was reached to begin an executive plan to withdraw weapons from the camps, beginning in mid-June in the Beirut camps, followed by the other camps," during a meeting of a joint committee the two sides announced their formation on Wednesday.