(18 Apr 2011)
1. Wide exterior of presidential administration building
2. Sign reading (Ukrainian): "President of Ukraine" behind Ukrainian and EU flags
3. Wide start of meeting between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and EU delegation
4. Mid of Yanukovych with delegation
5. Close of Yanukovych speaking
6. Mid shot EU delegation with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso
7. Wide of talks
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission:
"You can count on my full support in working to secure the financing to complete the Chernobyl projects. The European Union is already a major donor and tomorrow the Commission will announce an extra 110 (m) million euros (156 (m) million US dollars)."
9. Yanukovych and Barroso arriving at news conference
10. Mid of Barroso and Yanukovych
11. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine:
"I'm sincerely thankful for the contribution made by the European Commission, EU member states and other leading countries in the world which will be used for the implementation of Chernobyl related projects."
12. Media
13. Mid of Barroso and Yanukovych
14. Wide of news conference
15. Barroso and Yanukovych shaking hands and leaving
STORYLINE:
The European Union is pledging another 110 (m) million euros - equivalent to 156 (m) million US dollars - to programmes to liquidate the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, it announced on Monday.
The announcement was made by European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso in Kiev where he was holding talks with Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych.
The news comes a day before donor nations are due to meet to see if they can raise 740 (m) million euros, or 1055 (m) million US dollars, for Chernobyl programmes.
That is the sum that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development estimates is still needed to build a long-term shelter over the reactor that exploded on April 26, 1986 and for a facility to store nuclear waste at Chernobyl.
In a news conference following the talks between the EU and Ukrainian delegations, Yanukovich said: "I'm sincerely thankful for the contribution made by European Commission, EU member states and other leading countries in the world which will be used for implementation of Chernobyl related projects."
Barroso said he would give details on how the donation is being apportioned on Tuesday.
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