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Kerry Meets With Putin In Moscow

Secretary of state John Kerry met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday to discuss an agreement for potential military cooperation in Syria.

SHOTLIST ONLY. FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOWSHOWS: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JULY 14, 2016) (AGENCY POOL - ACCESS ALL)1. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY WALKING INTO ROOM2. MEDIA3. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WALKING TOWARDS KERRY, SHAKING HANDS WITH KERRY AND OTHER DIPLOMATS INCLUDING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA JOHN TEFFT AND U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE VICTORIA NULAND4. VARIOUS OF KERRY AND PUTIN SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER BEFORE MEETING5. MEDIA6. KERRY, PUTIN AND OTHER DIPLOMATS BEING SEATED7. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:“I wanted to note our mutual efforts to resolve the conflicts that we consider to be important and should be resolved (WAITS FOR TRANSLATION). My last conversation with President Obama convinces me that we are indeed sincerely striving, not only in the process of cooperation, to establish it, but to also achieve positive results.”8. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING (SOUNDBITE OVER WIDE OF MEETING):“I hope that in the course of our consultations today you will be able to report back to him - I ask you to convey to him my best wishes - to report to him that we have also advanced the discussion and the resolution on the issues for which we are gathered for.”9. NULAND LISTENING10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY, SAYING:“The President and I both believe, Mr President, that the United States and Russia are in a position to make an enormous difference in the course of events, not just in Syria, but obviously Ukraine and even in other potential areas of cooperation, so we are anxious to get to work. We have done a lot of ground work, but we are not where we need to be yet, we hope to be able to get there.”11. PUTIN LISTENING12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY, SAYING:”(We hope for) Progress that is measurable and implementable, that can make a difference to the course of events in Syria. So I look forward, very much, to a serious conversation this evening and again tomorrow with Sergei (Lavrov) and we have a lot of work to do.”13. WIDE OF MEETING14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY, SAYING:“So, I am ready to work, I know you are. Let’s go!”15. TEFFT TAKING NOTES16. WIDE OF MEETING17. VARIOUS OF VIEWS OF KREMLIN

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Kerry Meets With Putin In Moscow

By REUTERS July 14, 2016

Secretary of state John Kerry met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday to discuss an agreement for potential military cooperation in Syria.

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