(21 Apr 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Exterior of presidential palace
2. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer walking through banquet hall, pull out
3. Close up of table setting for luncheon
4. Wide of luncheon
5. Close up of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seated next to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
6. Mid of wait staff carrying luncheon plates to serve to ministers
7. Media
8. UPSOUND: (English) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus:
"Today, NATO to me is such a centre of gravity. I probably would say not only for me but for many nations just as well. Centre of gravity for all the nations who embarked on a road to democracy."
9. Cutaway media
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General:
"I think Mr. President, we had a very successful dinner yesterday with an intense political dialogue. We had a successful meeting of the NATO Russia Council, and as I just did refer to, we had an excellent meeting with (Ukrainian Foreign) Minister Borys Tarasuyk in the frame of the NATO cooperation. Mr. President, your country made it happen. We are very grateful for the great hospitality. Mr. President, in one word, remarkable, and thank you very much."
11. Flags flying outside of presidential palace
STORYLINE
NATO foreign ministers agreed to boost military and political cooperation with the pro-Western government in Ukraine on Thursday, prompting the former Soviet republic to set 2008 as a target for joining the military alliance.
The ministers were meeting for the first time on the territory of the former Soviet Union, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
NATO ministers pledged to help Ukraine with reforms designed to prepare it for joining the alliance, but they stopped short of committing to membership.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Borys Tarasuyk welcomed NATO's move as launching "a new chapter" in his country's relations with NATO. He said his country would now push forward changes to meet alliance standards.
After expanding deep into Eastern Europe last year to include Lithuania and the other Baltic states, NATO turned its attention further east, holding separate talks with Tarasuyk and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
The Russian minister softened Moscow's opposition to efforts by its former Soviet satellites to join the military bloc.
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