SKorean FM comments at ACD meeting; Russian FM comment; bilats

Описание: (5 Jun 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of press conference
2. Mid of Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar, Pakistan Foreign Minister (left), Song Min-soon, Foreign Minister of South Korea (right)
3. Wide of presser
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Song Min-soon, South Korean Foreign Minister:
"The declaration aims to promote IT development in Asia to address the issue of digital divide in the region."
5. Wide shot presser
6. Medium of Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, Qatar Foreign Minister (left), Song Min-soon, Foreign Minister of SKorea (middle), Yermekbayev Nulan, Kazakhstan Deputy Foreign Minister (right)
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Song Min-soon, South Korean Foreign Minister:
"We, the Ministers all agreed that the February 13th agreement should be implemented as early as possible."
8. Medium shot of Song Min-soon (left) and Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar (right) shaking hands
9. Close up Pakistani officials
10. Close up Song Min-soon with pan to Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar
12. Mid of Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar and Song Min-soon
13. Wide shot of Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar, delegates and Song Min-soon
14. Close up Nizar Bin Obaid Madani, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister (left) and Song Min-soon shaking hands
15. Close up Saudi Arabia high-level officials
16. Close up Nizar Bin Obaid Madani, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister
17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"I hope a solution will be found. Our American colleagues have turned to us with a request to somehow think about a solution that can be found. We are studying the situation and I think together we will find a solution. But the most important thing is that the Americans take measures that would allow - despite the sanctions they introduced - to implement this operation."
18. Pan from press to Sergey Lavrov
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov:
"As soon as this problem is solved there will be no more impediments to this road map."
20. Wide of meeting venue
21. Close up of Sergey Lavrov
22. Wide of the meeting venue
STORYLINE:
Top Asian diplomats pledged on Tuesday to help more people in the region gain access to computers and called for rapid progress in North Korea's nuclear disarmament.
Foreign ministers or their deputies from 30 Asian nations issued a declaration at the end of a two-day meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum in Seoul in which they agreed to do more to close the gap in Internet access between the rich and poor, although no specific projects were announced.
"The declaration aims to promote IT (information technology) development in Asia and address the issue of the digital divide in the region," South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon told a news conference.
The ministers also discussed security issues, including the standoff over North Korea's nuclear programme, Song said.
"We ministers all agreed that the February 13th agreement should be implemented as early as possible," Song said, referring to a deal in which North Korea agreed to shut down its nuclear reactor in exchange for economic aid and political concessions.
The United States asked Russia to help resolve a banking dispute that has stalled North Korea's nuclear disarmament process, Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
"Our American colleagues have turned to us with a request to somehow think about a solution that can be found," Sergey Lavrov said on the sidelines of the meeting.
"We are studying this situation and I think together we will find a solution," he added.
The two sides also agreed to expand ties in space and science technology, as well as the energy and natural resources sectors, the statement said.

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