WRAP US Sec of State Rice joint presser with SKorean FM
(28 Jun 2008) SHOTLIST POOL 1. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shaking hands 2. Wide of meeting 3. Close-up of Rice 4. Close-up of Yu 5. Rice and Yu talking 6. Mid of Korean officials 7. Wide of meeting AP Television 8. Tilt down of South Korean Foreign Ministry to protesters outside 9. US representatives walking on bridge 10. Wide of bridge 11. Close-up of banner, reading: (English) "US! Don't Force Mad Cow Beef on Koreans" 12. Protesters holding banners and chanting 13. Close-up of banner, reading: (English) "Stop Rice & Mad Cow" 14. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Oh Hye-ran, Director of USFK (United States Forces Korea) Watch and Peace Team: "US armed forces cannot control and restrain North Korea's force anymore, so it is about the time for them to leave the Korean peninsula. We believe that US is also thinking the same way. We hope Rice understands that Korean public opinion is moving towards the removal of US troops." 15. Mid of protesters chanting and waving banners AP Television 16. Wide of Rice and Yu walking to podiums 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State: "I expect that the North will live up to the obligations that it's undertaken, to take those concerns seriously and to address them. So at the end of this, let me just emphasise again, at the end of this, we have to have the abandonment of all programmes, weapons and materials." 18. Pan from reporters to Rice and Yu at podiums 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State: "In terms of difficulties that sometimes arise from trade disputes, they are normal in relations between states. And indeed the United States has agreed, and I think we have already in fact looked at a new framework or a new set of agreements concerning the opening of the market to beef." 20. Mid of reporters 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State: "We are cooperating closely, and we'll continue to closely cooperate on the concerns of the Korean population about beef. I want to assure everyone that American beef is safe." 22. Mid of cameras 23. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yu Myung-hwan, South Korean Foreign Minister: "People are still concerned there might be risk in accepting 30 month or older US beef. It will take time for that risk to be erased from the minds of the Korean public. Until then, the United States and South Korea have agreed to import and export US beef under 30 months old." 24. Mid of reporters 25. Rice and Yu shaking hands 26. Rice greeting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak 27. Rice and Lee shaking hands 28. Wide of meeting 29. Mid of Lee 30. Various of Rice 31. Wide of Rice and Lee talking STORYLINE US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted on Saturday that US beef is safe to eat and urged South Koreans to accept their government's decision to lift a ban on the products. Rice also said she hoped the beef controversy won't distract from important issues facing the United States and South Korea, most notably the six-nation talks over North Korea's nuclear programme. "In terms of difficulties that sometimes arise from trade disputes, they are normal in relations between states," Rice said at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan. Rice arrived in Seoul and met with South Korean officials, including Yu, one day after neighbouring North Korea destroyed the cooling tower at its main nuclear facility. "At the end of this, we have to have the abandonment of all programmes, weapons and materials," she added. 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...
