Syria has said it is keen to co-operate with the United Nations to implement a resolution requiring the Arab state to pull its troops out of Lebanon.
But Syrian deputy foreign minister Waleed al-Mualem said a troop withdrawal would first require stronger Lebanese security forces.
"The important withdrawals that have been carried out so far and will be carried out later will be done in agreement with Lebanon against the backdrop of the Taif Accord and the mechanisms it entails," he said.
The 1989 Saudi-sponsored Taif deal brought the civil war to an end.
