Powell arrives in Moscow and lays wreath for terrorist attack
(9 Dec 2001) 1. Various of Vnukovo airport 2. Various of Colin Powell getting off plane and meeting U-S ambassador Alexander Verschbow 3. Various of delegation entering airport terminal 4. Wide shot of central Moscow 5. Entrance to underground station - site of terrorist attack 6. Interior of underground station arcade 7. Colin Powell arriving to lay wreath under plaque dedicated to victims 8. Colin Powell laying wreath 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, U-S Secretary of State "We have meetings with President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov to exchange dialogue, discussing all kinds of issues, economic, military, arms control. Looking forward to it." 10. Pan of wreath to plaque STORYLINE: U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Russia on Sunday for talks with President Vladimir Putin which will cover rebuilding post-war Afghanistan. Powell's plane landed at the snowy VIP Vnukovo-2 airport outside Moscow where temperatures have stayed at about minus 10 degrees Celsius for over a week. The two-day visit is Powell's first trip to Russia as U-S foreign policy chief. It comes after a whirlwind tour of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, two ex-Soviet Central Asian states which pledged to cooperate further with Washington on Afghanistan after offering the use of their bases and air space. Powell is scheduled to meet Putin on Monday. The Kremlin leader was due to return to Moscow later on Sunday after informal talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Hanover during a stop-off on his flight back from a state visit to Greece. A walkabout in Central Moscow and a television interview feature on Powell's Sunday schedule. On top of Afghanistan, Powell's agenda is likely to include problematic Russian-U-S talks on missile defence, the pace of Moscow's integration with NATO and its bid to enter the World Trade Organisation. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
