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AP-APTN-1830: ++Canada G8 3 Saturday, 26 June 2010 STORY:++Canada G8 3- NEW Roundtable discussions, Harper, Sarkozy presser LENGTH: 03:45 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/French/Nat SOURCE: POOL STORY NUMBER: 649650 DATELINE: Huntsville - 26 June 2010 LENGTH: 03:45 POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: 1 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets European Union President Herman Van Rompuy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as they walk into the meeting room 2 German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron 3 Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan shaking hands with meeting official 4 US President Barack Obama walks into room, shakes hands with Berlusconi, then with Kan, Sarkozy and Harper 5 Wide pan of meeting room, leaders all seated 6 Obama, Sarkozy and Harper all talking prior to meeting 7 Wide of Harper walking to podium 8 SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister: The governments of Iran and North Korea have chosen to acquire weapons to threaten their neighbours The world must see to it that what they spend on these weapons will not be the only costs that they incur 9 Wide of Harper speaking 10 SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister: I think what we all recognise is the following: that what we must avoid, at just about all costs, is some kind of cataclysmic event, along the lines of Lehman Brothers We can't afford some particular event that would cause a series of cascading events and a downward spiral of confidence in global markets 11 Wide side shot of Harper 12 SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister We realise challenges remain pretty severe That said, I think there's a general recognition around the G-8 table that we have to continue to put our shoulder to the wheel to ultimately ensure that what we leave behind is a stable Afghanistan that will be a positive contributor to world security and not a potential source of terrorism or a potential failed state We all agree that this remains an overriding, essential objective for all of the countries of the world 13 Cutaway of G-8 logo in media room 14 SOUNDBITE (French) Nicolas Sarkozy, French President : On North Korea there were no disagreements, but rather the opposite The willingness of all the G-8 members to convince our Chinese friends to be as severe as we are against North Korea and to have as much solidarity as us with South Korea I would also like to pay tribute to (South Korean) President Lee who reacted like a statesman to the death of, circa, forty South Korean marines in such a tragedy So there is really a consensus amongst everyone to condemn the irresponsible action by North Korea 15 Wide top shot of the Deerhurst Resort, where the G-8 leaders have been meeting STORYLINE: The leaders of the world's eight top industrial democracies on Saturday condemned the alleged sinking by North Korea of a South Korean warship and called on Iran to halt its suspect nuclear program and do more to respect human rights The G8 countries - the US, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and Russia - also called current restrictions on the flow of goods to Gaza unsustainable, and sketched out a five-year exit strategy on Afghanistan But the joint statement by the so-called Group of Eight powers did not go as far as some nations, including the United States and Japan, wanted The statement was released at the end of a meeting in Canada of the eight powers and before a larger group of 20 nations convenes that also includes fast-growing economies like China Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the talks, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, the governments of Iran and North Korea have chosen to acquire weapons to threaten their neighbours The world must see to it that what they spend on these weapons will not be the only costs that they incur Harper also told reporters there was a consensus among world leaders that we can't afford some sort of cataclysmic event like the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 And he said the G-8 leaders remain very engaged and very watchful of those situations The G-8 leaders turned to foreign policy matters after finding themselves at odds on how to continue to spur world economic growth in the aftermath of the worst recession since the 1930s The countries were divided over whether to continue government stimulus spending, as the United States wants, or to cut mushrooming deficits, as Europe and Japan want On Iran, the US and European nations are pushing other countries to join them in imposing tough new sanctions on Tehran over its suspect nuclear programme, a move that would build on expanded Security Council measures adopted this month But China and Russia only reluctantly supported those sanctions and have balked at new unilateral steps against Iran On Afghanistan, the joint G-8 statement said that a conference in Kabul in July would be an important setting for assessing progress in implementing commitments made in January to train more than 100-thousand additional Afghan security forces by the end of next year The G-8 leaders said it was important to accelerate efforts to make sure the country's own security forces can assume increasing responsibility within five years Harper said there was a general recognition around the G-8 table that we have to continue to put our shoulder to the wheel to ultimately ensure that what we leave behind is a stable Afghanistan that will be a positive contributor to world security and not a potential source of terrorism or a potential failed state On the March sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, the leaders cited a report by an international commission that found that the ship had been sunk by a North Korean torpedo French President Nicolas Sarkozy denied there was any disagreement among G-8 leaders on North Korea On North Korea there were no disagreements, but rather the opposite The willingness of all the G-8 members to convince our Chinese friends to be as severe as we are against North Korea and to have as much solidarity as us with South Korea, said Sarkozy at a news conference after talking with the leaders I would also like to pay tribute to (South Korean) President Lee who reacted like a statesman to the death of, circa, forty South Korean marines in such a tragedy So there is really a consensus amongst everyone to condemn the irresponsible action by North Korea, he added The G-8 discussions took place at a resort in Canada's forested Muskoka lakes region The leaders then took helicopters back to Toronto for the G-20 meetings which expands the group to include major emerging economic powers such as China, India and South Korea President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a ride in Marine One The two were scheduled to have one-on-one talks later in the day Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchivecom (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory APTN APEX 06-26-10 1529EDT