(7 Oct 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Exterior of Al Aqsa mosque
2. Security outside mosque
3. Convoy carrying Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arriving at Al Aqsa mosque
4. Babacan getting out of car and shaking hands with Muslim officials
5. Babacan and officials walking near mosque
6. Babacan posing for photos in front of mosque
7. Wide of Babacan and officials walking
8. Babacan walking inside the Al Aqsa mosque
9. Various of Babacan inside the mosque
10. Mid of Babacan and officials walking outside mosque
11. Flags outside Presidential residence
12. Babacan shaking hands with Israeli President Shimon Peres
13. Babacan taking seat at news conference with Peres, Peres welcomes Babacan
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Babacan, Turkish Foreign Minister:
"My meetings in Syria were very productive and I was happy to see that the government of Syria and the President of Syria playing a very constructive role in the region, and Syria, a country, being a part of (the) solution, not part of the problem."
15. Babacan and Peres sitting at news conference
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Babacan, Turkish Foreign Minister:
"Actually during my visit to Israel, I'm expecting an explanation of what happened and why it happened."
17. Pull out to wide of Peres and Babacan sitting at news conference
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18. Long shot of car arriving, Babacan being greeted by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, zoom in to handshake, pan of both leaving
STORYLINE:
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan began talks on Sunday with Israeli leaders, causing raised eyebrows when he said he wanted details of an Israeli air raid last month on a Syrian target near the border with his country.
"During my visit to Israel I'm expecting an explanation of what happened, and why it happened," Babacan said during a joint news conference with the Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.
Turkey has said it found fuel tanks allegedly dropped in its territory by Israeli warplanes during the September 6 raid, a development Babacan has called "unacceptable."
Israeli officials have maintained an unprecedented wall of silence over the affair and military censors have barred publication of any details, beyond the fact that Israel attacked a military target in Syria on September 6.
Foreign media reports, quoting unidentified US officials, have speculated that Israeli planes attacked a weapons shipment destined for Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, or hit a nuclear facility built with North Korean technology.
North Korea, which provides missile technology to Syria, has denied any nuclear link.
Syria also has denied receiving North Korean nuclear help.
The air operation heightened tensions between Israel and Syria, which Israel and the United States have repeatedly criticised for its support for Hezbollah and Palestinian militant groups and its close ties to Iran.
During the joint news conference with the Israeli president, Babacan described meetings in Syria earlier on Sunday as "very productive."
"I was happy to see that the government of Syria and the President of Syria playing a very constructive role in the region, and Syria, a country, being a part of (the) solution, not part of the problem," Babacan said, speaking alongside Shimon Peres.
Syria has said it will not attend the planned Mideast peace conference if it did not address Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war.
Turkish media had reported that Babacan was expected to play a mediatory role between Syria and Israel. His country maintains good relations with Israel.
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