Palestinian and Lebanese leaders on Tuesday used a first formal summit to condemn the smuggling of arms to Palestinian fighters in Lebanon — part of a recent round of diplomacy in Paris that has pinpointed Syria as a continued impediment to Lebanese security. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora denounced the flow of illegal weapons into Palestinian refugee camps — with the Lebanese premier saying that Abbas criticised "infiltration" of weapons through Syria. In a joint statement issued after their 45-minute talks, Abbas and Siniora said movements of weapons and fighters in and out of refugee camps "negatively influence the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon." Siniora told reporters the presence of armed men outside the camps was "not necessary and not helpful," and that his government was seeking ways to regulate weapons within the camps. "I think we are on the right track," he said.