BEIRUT, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that his authority is ready to coordinate with Lebanon regarding the issue of Palestinian refugee camps.

    Abbas is on an official visit to Lebanon for talks with Lebanese officials on relations and the plight of Palestinian refugees. His regional tour also aims to lobby support for an international recognition of a statehood.

    "The president informed us that the Ministerial Statement mentions improving conditions of Palestinians living in Lebanon, and we trust the Lebanese government in this regard," Abbas said following a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut.

    "As much as the Lebanese government allows it, we are ready to coordinate with Lebanon regarding the issue of refugee camps," he added.

    He expressed hope that Lebanon's seat in the United Nation's Security Council "will play a major role in supporting the Palestinian cause."

    Lebanon was elected in October as a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term starting from Jan. 1, 2010.

    Abbas denied reports about issuing Lebanese passports to Palestinians living in Lebanon. "The presence of Palestinians is temporary in Lebanon. We are coordinating security issues with the Lebanese government," he added.

    Abbas said in an interview published on Monday that he rejects the permanent resettlement of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Lebanon. "Until our problem is solved, we are guests in Lebanon, and we refuse any nation other than our own," Abbas told local newspaper Al-Liwaa.

    The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) lists nearly 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Most of them live in dire conditions in 12 camps across the country.

    Abbas' regional tour will also take him to Egypt, Jordan and Qatar.