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Italian president meets with his Chinese counterpart

(6 Dec 2004) 1. Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Chinese President Hu Jintao walk onto podium 2. Military orchestra begins Italian anthem 3. Leaders 4. Honour guards 5. Close up on honour guards 6. Honour guard signals start of inspection 7. Pan from honour guards to leaders starting their inspection 8. Pan from Ciampi to guards 9. Leaders at end of inspection 10. Meeting room 11. Hu speaking 12. Meeting 13. Ciampi speaking 14. Meeting 15. Cameras 16. Wide shot of signing ceremony 17. Ciampi looking on 18. Italian delegate signing a document 19. Chinese delegate signing a document 20. The two sides shake hands and exchange documents, followed by applause 21. Media 22. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian President: "I confirmed to President Hu Jintao that Italy is favourable to abolishing the embargo on arms sales (to China) and is actively working to make this possible." 23. Media 24. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Hu Jintao, Chinese president: "We are in favour of the One China Policy, anti-Taiwan independence and the positive attitudes toward the proposal to lift the arms embargo." 25. Media 26. Leaders toast champagne STORYLINE: Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi met his Chinese counterpart president Hu Jintao on Monday in Beijing. Ciampi met China's premier Wen Jiabao earlier in the day. Eight documents were signed by both sides covering projects that included various financial, cultural, agricultural and Olympic games cooperation agreements. Both presidents signalled a mutual interest in lifting the European Union's 15-year-old ban on weapons sales to China. Premier Wen called the ban an outdated "result of the Cold War" and said he hoped for a decision on it at a European Union summit on December 17, though he didn't say whether he expected the ban to be lifted. Wen is expected to lobby European leaders this week at an EU-China conference in the Netherlands. Beijing says a failure to lift the ban, imposed after Tiananmen Square, could harm diplomatic relations. Though some European countries are eager to do business with China's military, which is spending (b) billions of dollars modernising its arsenal, other EU governments say Beijing has failed to do enough to improve its human rights record. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...