Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, left, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad exhange documents during a meeting in Damascus, Syria, Monday March 7, 2005. The presidents of Syria and Lebanon on Monday announced that the withdrawal of Syrian troops to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley would be completed by the end of March but deferred a final troop pullout until later negotiations. In center seen Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabieh Berri. (AP Photo)

    BEIJING, Mar. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Syria's ambassador to the United States hinted on Tuesday that Syria will complete the withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon before the Lebanese parliamentary elections in May.

    Syria is under mounting pressure from U.S. President George W. Bush and other world leaders to pull out all its troops and intelligence personnel from Lebanon.

    Syria and Lebanon agreed Monday on a partial Syrian pullout from Lebanon while reasserting their brotherly ties. Enditem

(Agencies)