1. Wide flags outside
Convention Centre, venue for meeting of the
Group of 15 developing nations (held on the sidelines of the
Non-aligned Movement summit)
2. Wide interior meeting of presidents of the Group of 15 developing nations
3.
Raul Castro greeting delegates
4. Raul Castro hugging
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
5. SOUNDBITE: (
Spanish) Hugo Chavez,
President of Venezuela:
"There are plans to invade
Iran. I hope that doesn't happen. If it did happen you know we will be with you in any scenario. We will be with Iran. Just like we would be with
Cuba. I have always said if the
United States invaded Cuba,
Venezuelan blood would flow also. I don't know, they would have to also invade
Venezuela, both of us."
6. SOUNDBITE: (
English translation from original
Farsi)
Mahmoud Ahmadinedjad,
President of Iran:
"
Unfortunately today some countries are attempting to put hurdles, to put hurdles, and are preventing other countries achieving scientific and economic development in order to maintain these countries in a state of dependence so they can exert easily their political pressure."
7.
Medium wide interior of presidents meeting
8. Exterior airport, wide shot
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arriving
9. Cuban
Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque greeting
Annan
10. Kofi Annan and
Perez Roque walking between honour guard
11. Set-up
Oswaldo Paya,
Cuban dissident, at his home
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Oswaldo Paya, Cuban dissident
"
We are not going to publicly confront him (Annan), but I think it's a right for everyone we represent, and more a right of all the
Cubans that we are defending, that the
Secretary General of the
United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan hear us out. And that he also work towards the liberation of peaceful Cuban political prisoners."
13.
Close up of pictures of Cuban political prisoners
STORYLINE:
Venezuela's president pledged on Thursday that his country would support Iran if it was ever invaded as a result of its ongoing nuclear standoff with the
United Nations Security Council.
The UN has demanded Iran suspend uranium enrichment amid concerns by some nations that it could be used for nuclear weapons.
Iran insists the enrichment is aimed solely at producing electricity.
"Iran is under threat; there are plans to invade Iran, hopefully it won't happen, but we are with you," Hugo Chavez told
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a meeting of the Group of 15 developing nations, held on the sidelines of a Non-aligned Movement summit in Cuba.
Chavez said Venezuela stands with Iran in this time of crisis, just as it stood by Cuba, where
Fidel Castro has handed over power to his brother
Raul while recovering from intestinal surgery.
If they didn't defend each other, no one else would, Chavez said.
"Under any scenario, we are with you just like we are with Cuba," Chavez said
. "If the United States invades Cuba, blood will run," he added.
Ahmadinejad gave a relatively mild speech, urging his fellow leaders to work together to help the
G-15 nations achieve their full potential.
Then Chavez took over, saying he didn't want to leave
Havana without a statement reflecting resounding support for the
Iranian, Cuban and
Palestinian people.
It was not clear what Chavez could actually do to help Iran. He has vowed in the past to cut off Venezuelan supplies of oil to the US in case of an invasion of Cuba.
The meeting was a milestone for Cuba - the first time Raul Castro represented his nation at an international summit as acting president.
But Chavez stole the show - saying Fidel Castro had given him permission to speak longer because Raul wouldn't talk much.
Raul Castro seemed to take the jab in good spirits, giving Chavez a bear hug after the meeting.
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