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1. Wide shot exterior Sheremetyevo-2 airport 2. Close up of Russian flag 3. Wide shot interior VIP lounge, with Jalal Talabani entering 4. Mid shot Talabani shaking hands 5. Small Iraqi flag on wing of official limousine 6. Talabani outside airport terminal, steps into car 7. Talabani's car leaves airport 8. Exterior of hotel 9. SOUNDBITE (English): Jalal Talabani, member of Iraq's Governing Council: "This delegation is here to try to reach an agreement with President Putin about the future of the relationship between Iraq and the fidelity of Russia. As to the debt, I think that Russia had declared that it is ready to decrease but not to forgive all debts. We hope that there will be better relations between Iraq and Russia and this relationship will be on all levels. Political, economic, trade, culture, etc. I think that a strong and prosperous Iraq will be able to be a good partner." 10. Wide shot the Kremlin 11. SOUNDBITE (English): Jalal Talabani, member of Iraq's governing council: "We didn't participate in arresting Saddam Hussein. And it is not true that the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) had arrested him and then delivered him to the American forces. American special forces arrested him according to information, as a result of a common group's information, or many sources were providing information about the moves of Saddam Hussein, among them, some relatives of Saddam Hussein himself." 12. Wide shot Moscow's Red Square STORYLINE: A high-level Iraqi delegation arrived in Moscow on Sunday for talks expected to address Russian contracts signed during Saddam Hussein's regime and left in limbo after the US-led war. Jalal Talabani, a member of the US appointed Iraqi Governing Council, said the Iraqis would meet President Vladimir Putin and representatives of Russian companies during talks on Monday. The Iraqi delegation is headed by Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, who holds the rotating presidency of the council and was to arrive separately. On Thursday, Putin told visiting US envoy James Baker that Russia, Iraq's largest creditor, was ready to start talks on forgiving some 8 (b) billion US dollars in debt. But he stressed Moscow would negotiate on the issue "taking into account the economic interests of Russia and Russian companies in Iraq." Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov said on Friday that the debt talks could be linked to Russian companies' participation in Iraqi reconstruction. As a strong opponent of the war, Russia has been excluded from bidding on US 18.6 (b) billion dollars in reconstruction contracts under Pentagon plans only to allow coalition members to be involved. Fedotov said big contracts signed by Russian oil companies and the former Iraqi regime had been "left suspended" after the war. He voiced hope the new Iraqi leadership elected after the current transition period will uphold them. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has long sought to remove UN sanctions on Iraq it says hurt its economic cooperation with the country, mostly in oil and heavy industry projects. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork