+4:3 US, Romania sign missile defence pact, interview with Romanian president

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SHOTLIST DoS TV Washington DC, US - 13 September 2011 ++4:3++ 1. Wide of Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sitting down at table to sign a missile defence agreement 2. Mid of Baconschi and Clinton beginning to sign agreement 3. Mid of Clinton signing, pan to Baconschi signing 4. Wide of both standing and shaking hands while holding signed copies of agreement 5. Baconschi and Clinton walk to podiums 6. SOUNDBITE:(English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State: "The agreement we have just signed will position Romania as a central player in NATO''s evolving missile defence capability. Once the agreement is ratified, the United States will build, maintain and operate in Romania the land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence System, a system we have assiduously tested and have proved effective over the last decade, and which will help protect the entire continent and augment the security of the United States." 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Teodor Baconschi, Romanian Foreign Minister: "So, dear Hillary, we are modestly making history today. I am very much impressed and honoured to be here at the State Department, and I congratulate all those who have hardly worked for this successful agreement between our two nations. Thank you so much." 8. Baconschi and Clinton shake hands AP TELEVISION Washington DC, US - 13 September 2011 ++16:9++ 9. Wide of Romanian President Traian Basescu 10. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Traian Basescu, Romanian President: "First of all, we discussed the bilateral agreement that we are signing today. The purpose of which, the first goal of which, is to provide security and protection to both Romania and the United States, and not only to Romania and the United States, but also to a whole range of other countries. " 11. Wide of Basescu 12. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Traian Basescu, Romanian President: "I would like to underline one thing from the very beginning. This missile defence system is a defensive system." 13. Wide of Basescu 14. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Traian Basescu, Romanian President: "Through all these, Romania has succeeded in achieving, in attaining the highest level of security ever for the first time in its history." 15. Wide of Basescu rising and shaking hands at end of interview AP TELEVISION Deveselu, Romania - 3 May 2011 ++16:9++ 16. Various of base 17. Close of road sign for the village of Deveselu 18. Horse carriage passing in front of the old military base 19. Railway in front of the base 20. Model of old Soviet jet at the entrance to the military base 21. Romanian officer opening base gate STORYLINE: The United States and Romania signed an agreement on Tuesday that will make Romania host to a key part of a US missile defence system. Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended a signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington. "The agreement we have just signed will position Romania as a central player in NATO''s evolving missile defence capability," said Clinton. "Once the agreement is ratified, the United States will build, maintain and operate in Romania the land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile defence System." She says the system has been rigorously tested and proven effective over the last decade. "It will help protect the entire continent and augment the security of the United States," said Clinton. For his part, Baconschi said he was impressed and honoured to be "modestly making history today" at the State Department. The ceremony followed a bilateral meeting in which the two discussed a wide range of topics. Romania''s president Traian Basescu was also in Washington to hold meetings on the agreement. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b4f2f9ed9f31ecbf103e5ce022fd2ed7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork