(18 Mar 2005)
1. Wide shot - pull-in to French President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin at podium
2. Close-up Putin listening
3. Chirac steps away from microphone, shakes hands with Putin who takes his place
4. Audience listening
5. Two-shot of Chirac listening to Putin
6. Pan from Putin to Chirac
7. Audience clapping
8. Chirac and Putin mingling with audience
9. Various of Chirac and Putin meeting members of the audience and looking through books
STORYLINE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin met the French President Jacques Chirac in Paris on Friday ahead of informal talks likely to cover democratic reform in Russia and the nuclear aspirations of Iran.
France, Germany and Britain are negotiating with Iran to ensure that Tehran is not building nuclear weapons - which it says it is not.
Despite strong US objections, Iran and Russia signed a nuclear fuel agreement last month paving the way for a 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant at Bushehr.
Before Putin and Chirac's lunchtime meeting, the pair met a group of Russian writers taking part in the annual Paris Book Fair.
Later on Friday Chirac will play host to a meeting between the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Spain.
A summit between the European Union and Russia is set for May 10.
The trio meeting Putin want to convince Moscow of Europe's goodwill and develop a relationship of confidence with a stable, democratic and reformed Russia, Chirac's aides have said.
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