Lebanese Druse political leader Jumblatt meets UN Sec-Gen Annan

Описание: (9 Mar 2006) SHOTLIST
1. Exterior of United Nations building
2. Jumblatt greeting Kofi Annan as he walks into the room. The two pose for the cameras
3. Annan and Jumblatt with delegates sitting down
4. Tilt down exterior of UN building
STORYLINE
Lebanese political leader Walid Jumblatt met with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday for further talks on democracy and reform in Lebanon.
The meeting was a sign of improving relations between the US and Jumblatt, who was stripped of his US visa in 2003 for publicly expressing regret that the then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz had escaped unhurt from a missile attack.
Wolfowitz, an architect of the war in Iraq, survived a rocket attack on a hotel in the capital Baghdad.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said prior to Wednesday's meeting that Jumblatt was "obviously a major political force" in Lebanon and that Annan "would very much be interested
in his views on the situation."
Lebanon is suffering its worst political crisis for more than a decade, triggered by the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February last year.

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