Lebanon's Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi stressed during a meeting with UNHCR representative in Lebanon Carola Lindholm Billing the need to end the file of returning displaced Syrians to their country, and conveyed the Energy Ministry's request that shelter camps pay electricity dues. The next day, Électricité du Liban gave camps 20 days to settle dues and warned of power cuts, while a government meeting discussed camp governance and the electricity file, and a report addressed accumulated debts and a lack of meters in Palestinian camps.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat focused on the foreign minister's meeting with the UNHCR representative, the Syrian refugee return file and the request to pay electricity dues, while Lebanon24 focused on Électricité du Liban's deadline for the camps and the warning of power cuts. The Palestinian Refugees Portal highlighted the governance meeting and electricity file and detailed Palestinian camp debts, the lack of meters and popular committees' demands.