(6 Jan 2004)
1. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders and foreign ministers in Jinnah Convention Centre
2. Pan along line of seated SAARC leaders
3. Pan of foreign ministers shaking hands after signing South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Prime Minister of Pakistan:
"I hereby declare the twelfth SAARC summit closed." (Bangs gavel to close summit ceremony)
5. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Jamali shake hands
6. Wide of Pakistan Foreign Minister's news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yashwant Sinha, India's Foreign Minister:
"I am very confident that the resumption of the composite dialogue will lead to peaceful settlement of all bilateral issues including Kashmir to the satisfaction of both sides."
8. News conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Brajesh Misra, India's National Security Advisor:
"It is a retreat for peace and prosperity for the people of India and Pakistan and south Asia. In my view it's a win-win situation for all of us."
10. Wide of news conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri, Pakistan's Foreign Minister:
"Unfortunately and we have to admit it, that SAARC has been held hostage to Pakistan-India relations. Other regional organisations have made far greater progress. Maybe Islamabad will be remembered in future, the Islamabad summit, as a path breaking summit, as an historic summit. Because not only have Pakistan India of course come forward with a joint statement today, but also because of agreements like SAFTA which are generally historic in nature."
12. Camera crews
13. Prime Minister of India's limousine flanked by security at Islamabad Airport
14. Vajpayee exits car and is hugged by Jamali
15. Photographer
16. Jamali and Vajpayee wave as they walk head towards Vajpayee's aircraft
17. Wide of Indian Air Force aircraft that will take Vajpayee back to Delhi
18. Vajpayee waves from top of aircraft steps
19. Jamali and other Pakistani ministers wave back from tarmac
20. Flags on building
21. Plane taxiing on tarmac
STORYLINE:
India and Pakistan took a giant leap to put more than half a century of bloodshed behind them, agreeing on Tuesday to start talks next month on core disputes of nationalism and religion that have taken the nuclear-armed nations into three wars.
The talks will touch on all topics, including the flashpoint issue of Kashmir, foreign ministers from both countries said in a joint statement.
Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf gave credit for the deal to the vision and statesmanship of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He said the two men sealed the agreement early on Tuesday in a phone call following their historic face-to-face meeting a day earlier.
India's Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said he was confident that renewed dialogue would lead to the mutually satisfactory settlement of a number of bilateral issues, including Kashmir.
Sinha said details, including the location of the talks and the level at which they will be held, were still to be worked out, but that the negotiations would be ongoing and comprehensive.
The Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between the two countries, but claimed by both in its entirety. The dispute has claimed at least 65,000 lives since 1989.
The surprise agreement followed two days of talks under the cover of a major South Asian regional summit that provided the impetus for Vajpayee's visit to the Pakistani capital.
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