The UN Middle East envoy has said Syria has promised to give it a timetable next week for the full withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon.
Terje Roed-Larsen made the announcement after meeting the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in northern Syria.
In a statement, he said Mr Assad had committed to pull out all Syrian troops and intelligence services from Lebanon, in line with a UN resolution.
The talks came after Syrian troops began a partial withdrawal.
Syria has come under increasing Western and Arab pressure to withdraw from Lebanon since the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri last month.
