10th anniversary of Central European Initiative continues

Описание: (23 May 2003)
1. Wide shot of exterior castle of Salzburg
2. Wide shot of traditional family photo of presidents with wives
3. Cutaway of press
4. Mid shot of family photo
5. Cutaway of press
6. Wide shot of family photo
7. Cutaway of press
8. Mid shot of Austrian president at round table, zoom out to wide shot of round table
9. Various of people around round table
10. Various of press conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Klestil, Austrian President :
"And the states of central Europe, which in the past decade have successfully undergone a transformation process, should play an important role in bringing other countries of our region closer to the European Union."
12. Various of press conference
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Vaclav Klaus, Czech Republic President:
"We are aware of the fact that we are first to identify European interests (inaudible) form a common policy, not the other way, not the other way around. It's not possible, it's not appropriate to ask for a common policy first and then to look for the common interest and positions."
14. Various of press conference
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Aleksander Kwasniewski, Polish President:
"If you see for example investments, investor number one in Poland is France, number two is Germany, number three is United States so almost 80 percent of our trade is with European Union. We are going to be member of EU so I think our European approach is very clear, is very stabile and we are Europeans and we know very well that the Vistula is going to the Baltic Sea and not to the Potomac. So don't worry about it."
16. Mid shot of people who have come to look at the state leaders
17. Close up of Austrian president in bus, zoom out to bus leaving with state leaders

STORYLINE:

The presidents of Germany and Poland on Friday praised the United Nations Security Council's decision to lift economic sanctions against Iraq, urging greater European cooperation with the United States after the bitter squabbles over the war.

The remarks came at a meeting of 17 European presidents in Salzburg, Austria, which largely centered on discussions about European enlargement.

The presidents, who represent European Union countries, nations set to join the EU next year and countries which hope to join in several years, have a mainly ceremonial function and do not formulate national policy.

Austrian President Thomas Klestil announced that next year's summit would be held in Romania, and in Croatia in 2005.

Countries represented at the 10th annual summit include Albania, Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia
and Ukraine.

For the first time, the summit also included meetings between the presidents and representatives of Western European companies that have invested in Central Europe.

The business leaders urged ex-communist countries to pass measures that would encourage foreign investment.

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