Regular meeting between the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee and the Palestinian Action Committee in the Serail: On respecting the mechanisms for collecting electricity fees and ensuring the stability of national interests

Regular meeting between the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee and the Palestinian Action Committee in the Serail: On respecting the mechanisms for collecting electricity fees and ensuring the stability of national interests

NNA - The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, the Joint Palestinian Coalition, and members of the Lebanese inter-ministerial committee concerned with addressing Palestinian refugee issues in Lebanon held their recurring meeting at the Grand Serail on Friday, during which they discussed ways to coordinate and follow up on shared Lebanese-Palestinian issues, including issues of daily life, social issues, economic issues, legal issues, and security issues inside the camps, along with how to cooperate with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), as well as the issue of electricity collection in the camps.

The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee emphasized the need to follow up on all the proposed and pending files with the relevant ministries and to begin processing them imminently.  The gathered parties agreed upon the general rules for Palestinian handling of collecting electrical and other fees, under the principle of "respect for the sovereignty, stability, and laws of the Lebanese state, and commitment to everything the state deems appropriate on fee collections, as applicable to both its citizens and refugees." 

The following points were made:

First, the Joint Palestinian Committee, on behalf of the Palestinian factions, expressed its readiness to cooperate with any mechanism deemed suitable by the Government of Lebanon to collect the