(23 Nov 2004) SHOTLIST
1. Pakistani and Indian flags
2. Various of plane taxiing on tarmac
3. Red carpet being rolled out
4. Pakistani flag on plane's tail
5. Pakistani prime minister Shaukat Aziz and entourage coming down stairs
6. Various of Aziz meeting India's Foreign Affairs (External Affairs) minister, Natwar Singh and other delegates on tarmac
7. Aziz and Natwar Singh waving and walking
8. Close up Aziz in car
9. Various of official convoy driving away
10. Pakistani prime minister Shaukat Aziz walking into room and being greeted by India's Foreign Affairs (External Affairs) Minister, Natwar Singh
11. They shake hands
12. They sit down
13. Cutaway photographers
14. Various them at meeting
STORYLINE:
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived in India on Tuesday to help push forward a fragile peace process initiated by the nuclear-armed rivals earlier this year.
Aziz was received at New Delhi airport by India's Foreign Affairs (External Affairs) Minister, Natwar Singh.
The two later held talks which Navtej Sarna, India's external affairs ministry spokesman, described as "a very friendly, positive and forward-looking."
Indian officials have said little about Aziz's two-day visit, which he is making as part of a regional tour as the outgoing chairman of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, trying to keep down expectations for any dramatic breakthroughs.
On Wednesday, Aziz will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The two are expected to discuss Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region at the root of decades of Indo-Pakistani distrust.
The goodwill gained since January as both sides has seen eased visa restrictions, resumed diplomatic contacts, and relaunched air and rail links.
Attacks by Pakistan-based Islamic militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, are at the heart of festering tensions between the two sides.
India's Prime Minister and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf are likely to meet in the Bangladeshi capital during the SAARC summit in January.
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