(27 Jun 2004)
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1. Air Force One taxiing
2. Wide shot US President George W Bush and First Lady Laura Bush coming out of plane, waving
3. Mid shot George and Laura Bush walking down the plane steps, being welcomed by hosts
4. Bush getting into car
5. People watching
6. Presidential car leaving
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US POOL
7. Wide of Bush sitting with religious leaders, pan to US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and pan back to US Secretary of State Colin Powell among religious leaders
8. UPSOUND (English) (Q. from reporter - "Mr President what is the message you want to give by meeting these leaders?"
George W. Bush, US President:
"It has been my honour to welcome these very important leaders of different faiths to this dialogue. They represent the very best of Turkey, which is a country that is secular in its politics and strong in its faith."
9. Wide of Bush sitting for photo op with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
10. UPSOUND (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"And we're going to work together to make sure NATO is configured militarily to meet the threats of the 21st century as well, but you're the right man for the job and we're honoured you took it, I really appreciate working with you."
11. UPSOUND (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General NATO:
"We are defending values and values never come automatically. They should be defended every single day and every single hour and we see the examples of that every day around us. NATO is about values, has always been about values and is still about values but the threat has changed, we have terrorism everywhere, it strikes everywhere be it here in this city, in the Twin Towers in New York, or Uzbekistan, Mombasa, Yemen you name it and this alliance has to participate in fighting it and winning it."
12. Pull out to wide of Bush and de Hoop Scheffer sitting for photo op
STORYLINE:
US president George W. Bush arrived in Istanbul on Sunday for a summit of the 26-member NATO alliance.
The US president flew to Istanbul from the state capital of Ankara where earlier on Sunday he met Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
On arrival, Bush met religious leaders and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
Bush is hoping his talks with Turkish leaders will smooth the US partnership with the only Muslim nation in the Western alliance.
At a at a photo opportunity in Istanbul with de Hoop Scheffer, Bush said the two leaders would work together to "meet the threats of the 21st century".
Bush hopes to use the summit to nail down details of the alliance's tentative plan to assist with the training of Iraqi security forces.
NATO nations tentatively agreed on Saturday to respond to interim Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi's urgent request for military training and equipment.
The agreement is expected to be finalised at the summit, which ends on Tuesday.
In Istanbul, de Hoop Scheffer said on Sunday the NATO mission to train Iraqi forces would involve alliance instructors working both inside and outside of the country.
But he said it was too early to say how many NATO military personnel would be going to Iraq or when they would be deployed.
The NATO offer would be a boost for the United States, which has sought a wider role by the alliance in Iraq. However, it falls short of earlier US hopes that NATO would deploy troops to help restore order there.
Sixteen of the 26 NATO members have individually sent forces to help the US-led coalition.
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