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(4 May 2002)

1. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, the European Union's current president, gets off Marine helicopter with his wife, Ana Botella de Aznar, near Camp David and is greeted by US President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush
2. Honour guard saluting
3. Close-up of Aznar
4. Two-shot Aznar and Bush
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"I am looking forward to my meeting with Prime Minister Sharon. I'm looking forward to my meeting with King Abdullah. We've got a lot of activity, a lot of discussions, a lot of interface with the different people in the region and different interested parties, and there's going to be a lot more discussion going on. As you know, Secretary of State Powell talked about a ministerial meeting. It's just a series of ongoing discussions."
6. Wide shot of Bush and Aznar
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S President
"We've been spending a lot of time with Russia to reach an agreement that will codify that which I've told our country and told Mr. Putin that we're going to substantially reduce our offensive nuclear weapons. I hope so. The Secretary of State's optimistic, but there's some work that remains to be done."
6. Bush and Aznar walk away

STORYLINE:

U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to Camp David for weekend talks and pledged to "work together for world peace."

Aznar arrived on Friday with his wife, Ana Botella de Aznar, aboard a Marine helicopter that landed on a wind-swept expanse of lawn near the Camp David presidential hideaway in the Catoctin Mountains north of Washington.

An honour guard of U.S. troops lined both sides of a walkway as the two leaders and their wives made their way to the site of a brief outdoor news conference.

Aides said the pair planned to discuss the Middle East and Bush's war on terror.

During their brief question and answer session, Bush said he was looking forward to his meeting next week with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

He also expressed optimism that the United States and Russia can reach a nuclear reduction agreement in time for his trip to Moscow later this month.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov failed to complete the deal in talks that ended on Friday, and Powell said negotiations will continue until the May 23 summit, but a pre-summit agreement was not certain.

Bush and Aznar plan to leave Camp David on Saturday.

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