Iraqi president Jalal Talabani arrives in Downing St for talks with Blair

Описание: (11 May 2007)

1. Car with president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani arriving at 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister's residence and office; Talabani getting out of car
2. Mid of Talabani waving and walking towards British Prime Minister Tony Blair, shaking hands with him and talking to him
3. Wide of Talabani talking to Blair
4. Close up of Talabani talking to Blair
5. Mid of Talabani and Blair shaking hand and entering number 10 Downing Street

STORYLINE

Iraq's Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani, met Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday, whilst his country's leaders grappled with relentless violence and pressure from US lawmakers who want to bring America's troops home.

Talabani's visit comes a day after Blair announced his resignation date, and at the end of another week of deadly attacks that included a bombing in the normally peaceful capital of Iraq's self-governing Kurdish region.

The truck bomb outside Irbil's security headquarters killed at least 15 people on Wednesday.

Following his breakfast meeting with Blair, Talabani is scheduled to speak at the University of Cambridge.

The Iraqi president was among several leaders who met with US Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday at the start of his tour of the Middle East.

US officials said Cheney's unannounced visit was meant to push Iraqi leaders to do more to pursue reconciliation among ethnic and religious factions.

Talabani, a former Kurdish guerrilla leader, is serving a second term as Iraq's president.

Talabani founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in 1975, one of two main Kurdish parties that fought Saddam Hussein's regime and has jointly ruled the Kurds' autonomous zone in northern Iraq since the 1990s.

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