(24 Mar 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Various exteriors of headquarters of the Social Democrat Party in Berlin
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Solana, European Union Foreign Policy Chief:
"On that we are doing our utmost in co-operation with the British authorities. But they have our support and our solidarity."
Q: "Do you think now with the vote coming up at the UN Council regarding Iran that this makes it more difficult?"
"No I think that we have to separate both things that have nothing to do. The Resolution will follow its course. It probably will be approved today New York time, or tomorrow. But has nothing to do. I mean they have to be separate completely. It would be a tremendous mistake if those two things are mixed."
3. Solana shaking hands with official
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Solana, European Union Foreign Policy Chief:
"The Resolution as I said before is a Resolution that is started on the nuclear matters and is not going to change because of the events of the last days and I think nobody wants that, not even the British Government."
5. Solana chatting with officials
STORYLINE
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Saturday pledged support and solidarity with Britain over the capture of 15 sailors and marines by Iran.
At a European Union summit in Berlin he said the incident must not complicate a push to impose further sanctions on Iran because of its disputed nuclear programme.
"We are doing our utmost in cooperation with the British authorities," Solana said. "They have our support and solidarity."
Solana said a second UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions over Iran's refusal to halt its uranium enrichment programme would go ahead regardless.
"The resolution will follow its course," he said. "It probably will be approved today New York time, or tomorrow."
"It would be a tremendous mistake if these two things were mixed," he added.
The approach to the resolution is "not going to change because of the events of the last days. Nobody wants to change that, not even the British government," he said.
Iran says its uranium enrichment programme is aimed at peaceful uses such as producing electricity, while the United States says it is is to produce nuclear weapons.
Germany, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, said on Saturday it would demand the immediate release of the British naval personnel.
The Foreign Ministry in Tehran insisted the Britons had been in Iranian waters and would be held for further investigations.
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