Putin meets Iran's Supreme Leader envoy

Описание: (8 Feb 2007)
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin greeting Ali Akbar Velayati, envoy for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
2. Photographers
3. Putin greeting other members of the Iranian delegation
4. Zoom out from flags to wide of meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian followed by Farsi translation) Vladimir Putin, Russian President:
"Now we have the opportunity to meet with you and receive through you the message from the spiritual leader of Iran. I will let myself express hope that in the course of these consultations both we, and other participants in this process, above all our Iranian friends, will manage to find approaches in those complicated issues whose resolution we are currently dealing with."
6. Side shot of Iranian delegation
7. Cutaway of hands writing
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian followed by Farsi translation) Vladimir Putin, Russian President:
"The cooperation between our two countries has a long history; it is absolutely open and transparent, and we expect very much that upon the solution of complex problems, particularly in the sphere of nuclear problems we will continue to develop relations with the Iranian people and Iranian state."
9. Cameramen filming
10. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Akbar Velayati, Envoy for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:
"I would like to say that we are grateful and appreciate very much the opportunity presented to us. I would fully agree with your words that the relations between our countries have reached (a high level) of understanding. In Iran, we are grateful for the step you have made recently when you sent to Tehran (Igor) Ivanov, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and presented through him your message to the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the president of our country."
11. Side shot of Russian delegation
12. Wide of meeting
STORYLINE:
Russia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Iran to show good will in resolving the dispute over its nuclear programme, as a senior Iranian envoy held talks in Moscow.
Sergey Lavrov told Ali Akbar Velayati, an envoy of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Moscow hoped for a positive response in Tehran to its efforts to achieve a solution.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also expressed hope for an end to the dispute, but he did not put pressure on Iran in public comments during a meeting with Velayati.
Putin said Iran and Russia had "a long history" of cooperation.
Last week, Putin said that Moscow backed a "time-out" proposed by the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency that calls for holding off on imposing U.N. sanctions if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment in its nuclear programme.
In December, Russia supported a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing limited sanctions against Iran, after it ignored calls to halt uranium enrichment, which can produce fuel for atomic power stations or nuclear warheads.
But that support came only after an initial proposal was dropped that would have imposed curbs on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which Russia is helping to build under a one (b) billion US dollar contract.
The United States and several of its Western allies believe that oil-rich Iran is using the nuclear programme to produce an atomic weapon, charges Iran denies, saying its only aim is to generate electricity.
Velayati said Iran supported Russia in its efforts to resolve the dispute.
Iranian state-run radio said late last month that Tehran wanted Moscow to help mediate the standoff, saying Tehran's leaders were looking to Russia for new proposals, such as enrichment of uranium on Russian soil.

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