US Defence Secrtary Panetta comment on Afghan attack, Liang on islands dispute

Описание: (18 Sep 2012) SHOTLIST
1. Pull out from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and China's Minister of National Defence, General Liang Guanglie, entering briefing room
2. Pull out from close up of handshake to wide of briefing
3. Cutaway to wide of journalists and officials following briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Leon Panetta, United States Defence Secretary:
"I don't think that these attacks indicate that the Taliban is stronger. I think what it indicates is that they are resorting efforts that try to strike at our forces, try to create chaos, but do not, in any way, result in their regaining territory that has been lost, pursuing to what the ISAF and US forces have been able to accomplish in terms of the transition."
5. Wide of media at briefing
6. Wide of briefing room with both officials on stage
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) General Liang Guanglie, China's Minister of National Defence:
"In the future, we will continue to follow very closely the evolvement of the situation with regards to this dispute. And we reserve the rights for further actions. Of course, that being said, we still hope for a peaceful and negotiated solution to this issue, and we hope to work together and work well with the Japanese government in properly handling this dispute."
8. Wide of Panetta and pan left to wide of Liang
9. Mid of journalist asking question
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Leon Panetta, United States Defence Secretary:
"We have always tried to advance the security of the entire region, going back to World War II. And so our purpose in being able to strengthen our presence in this region is to promote greater prosperity, to promote greater security in the Asia Pacific region. It is in both the interest of the United States and China to advance a strong Asia Pacific region that represents in many ways the future in the 21st century."
11. Mid of reporters
12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) General Liang Guanglie, China's Minister of National Defence:
"Indeed, China's military has been growing. However it is in any sense commensurate with the growth of China's economy. Or, to be more specific, the growth rate of China's defence budget, for example, is less than that of growth of GDP, annually."
13. Wide of press briefing
14. Pan from mid shot of Panetta to mid of handshake between Panetta and Liang

STORYLINE:
The heads of Defence of the United States and China met on Tuesday in Beijing to discuss ties that US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta describes as the "most important" bilateral relations in the world.
Panetta also showed concern about the impact insider attacks are having on its forces in Afghanistan.
But he insisted General John Allen, the top US commander there, is taking necessary steps to protect the force while still ensuring the US will be able to hand over security to the Afghans and be able to withdraw by the end of 2014.
"I don't think that these attacks indicate that the Taliban are stronger," said the US Secretary of Defence.
"I think what it indicates is that they are resorting efforts to try to strike at our forces, to try to create chaos, but do not, in any way, resort in their regaining territory that has been lost, pursuing to what the ISAF and US forces have been able to accomplish in terms of the transition."
Panetta did not specifically address the dramatic action taken on Monday by Allen, as NATO decided to scale back its operations with Afghan security forces in order to lower the risk of them turning their guns on American and allied forces.
At a press briefing after bilateral talks, Panetta defended the US strategy of broadening its presence in the Asia Pacific region.

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