Syrian president Assad in Buenos Aires for official visit

(2 Jul 2010) 1. Wide of exterior of Argentine Presidential Palace, the Casa Rosada 2. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waiting in ceremonial hall for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 3. Fernandez de Kirchner coming forward to greet al-Assad, they shake hands 4. Close up Fernandez de Kirchner, they turn away 5. Various of presidents shaking hands 6. Close up al-Assad 7. Various of al-Assad meeting people, introduced by Fernandez de Kirchner 8. Various of Fernandez de Kirchner and al-Assad leaving ceremonial hall STORYLINE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Argentina on Friday for a one-day official visit to the country, and met President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada. After a formal welcome ceremony, the two leaders held a private meeting. Syrian relations with Argentina are complicated by the fact that Argentina is seeking the arrest of several top officials of Iran on charges of masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Jewis
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