(23 May 2006)
1. Wide shot of government palace
2. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim getting out of car at government palace
3. Amorim and Bolivian President Evo Morales shaking hands inside the palace
4. Photographers
5. Amorim and Morales sitting down
6. Amorim and Morales talking
7. Wide of news conference with Amorim and Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca
8. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Celso Amorim, Brazilian Foreign Minister:
"It was a very productive day, this morning we met with Foreign Minister (Choquehuanca) and it was a very positive meeting. I also met privately with his excellency (Evo Morales)."
9. Cutaway of journalist
10. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Celso Amorim, Brazilian Foreign Minister:
"We spoke, we did not argue. We talked about the country and about mutual respect."
11. Cutaway of photographers
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) David Choquehuanca, Bolivian Foreign Minister:
" We have identified government land in Pando and in Beni where we found both Brazilian and Bolivian illegal settlements and these need to be dealt with and removed."
13. Journalist
STORYLINE:
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim met Bolivian President Evo Morales in La Paz on Monday to discuss bilateral cooperation, in the wake of Bolivia's nationalisation of its gas industry.
Amorim, who held talks with Morales and Foreign minister David Choquehuanca, told reporters at a joint news conference that it had been a "very productive day".
He said Brazil was interested in continuing to receive natural gas from Bolivia, but only if prices were suitable for the Brazilian industry and energy producers that use gas as a raw material.
Brazil's state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA or Petrobras (PBR), has invested more than 1.5 (b) billion US dollars in Bolivia since 1996.
Petrobras also has a long-term take-or-pay contract to import up to 30 (m) million cubic metres of gas per day (mcm/d ) from Bolivia.
Yet, Bolivia's government is pressing for price hikes exceeding the contractual adjustments for about 26 mcm/d of gas it currently supplies to Brazil.
Bolivia exports gas to Argentina and Brazil, and both countries have been resisting Bolivian demands that they should pay more for the fuel, used for power generation, cooking gas and cars.
On Friday Brazil announced it expected to become self-sufficient in natural gas by 2008.
Despite the pressing gas issue, Brazil's foreign ministry said in a statement that Amorim's visit mainly aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the two countries and to discuss the protection of Brazilians residing in Bolivia.
David Choquehuanca, Bolivian Foreign Minister said, "We have identified government land in Pando and in Beni where we found both Brazilian and Bolivian illegal settlements and these need to be dealt with and removed."
An announcement by Bolivia's government earlier this month that idle farm land will be expropriated in the wake of a land reform has caused concern among Brazilian soy farmers in Bolivia, who fear they may lose their land.
Morales, a populist who won a landslide victory in December, has long vowed to take back control of Bolivia's natural resources.
While Bolivia has vast mineral and forestry wealth, the country's most valuable asset is its natural gas reserves - the continent's second-largest after Venezuela.
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