PLO official: Palestinian refugees "guests" in Lebanon

Source: Xinhua, 10-3-2007
Visiting Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Politburo Chief Farouk al Kadoumy said on Friday that Lebanon-based Palestinian refugees were guests in Lebanon and abided by local laws and regulations.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora, Kadoumy said that the refugee issue was an important one and their repatriation was more important than the establishment of a Palestinian state.
He said that Palestinian refugees, who deserve their political rights, refused to get resettled in other countries but their own.
Earlier, Kadoumy met with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and said that the presence of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon was temporary.
There are about 350,000 Palestinian refugees living in 12 camps in Lebanon.