Syria will have full cooperation with a UN probe over killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a Syrian official said Monday evening in response to a UN resolution which calls for Syria's full cooperation or it will face "further action."

"Although Syria is not satisfied with the new resolution, Syria will still cooperate with an international investigation committee, " Bashali Kanfani, director of the Foreign Media Department of the Foreign Ministry, told Xinhua over phone.

"Syria has engaged in good cooperation with the committee, and Syria has taken specific measures, including setting up a special commission of enquiry, which could establish a mechanism of cooperation and coordination among Syria, Lebanon and chief investigator Detlev Mehlis," she said.

She, however, criticized the resolution as "not just" for Syria, saying that Syria is angry at it.

"We hope to reveal the truth of the assassination of Hariri," she added.

Earlier in the day, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a Western-sponsored resolution demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into Hariri's killing.

The resolution said the Security Council will consider unspecified further action if Syria did not comply.

Chief UN investigator Detlev Mehlis released an interim report on Oct. 20, saying there was "converging evidence" of Syrian and Lebanese involvement in the killing of Hariri, who was killed in a powerful car bomb blast in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Feb. 14.

Syria denied any involvement and dismissed the findings as politically motivated.

The United States, France and Britain sponsored a draft resolution last Tuesday, threatening to impose sanctions on Syria if it fails to fully cooperate with the probe.

Syria withdrew its troops and intelligence agents from Lebanon in late April after Hariri's death sparked widespread anti-Syrian protests in Lebanon and growing international pressure.

Source: Xinhua