The Lebanese authorities will do their best to cooperate with the UN-appointed commission to investigate the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh and Justice Minister Adnan Addoum made the remarks Friday while meeting with the three-memberteam of Irish police officers led by Peter Fitzgerald, which arrived in Beirut late Thursday.

The team is expected to complete their initial investigation within a month.

The Lebanese government has appointed a senior military officer in charge of communication between the Interior Ministry and the team, whose tasks are investigating, collecting information and expressing opinions, said Franjieh.

During the meeting, the team briefed the two ministers on their working plan.

Hariri, 60, died on Feb. 14 when his motorcade was blown up by a suicide car bomber in western Beirut seafront. At least 14 others were killed.

It was too early to say who killed Hariri who resigned as prime minister last October although opposition held Syria and its allied Lebanese government responsible for Hariri's murder.

The bombing has also led to renewed international pressure for Syria to withdraw its 14,000 troops from neighboring Lebanon.

Source: Xinhua