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(18 Jun 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide US President George W. Bush meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"We had a very extensive conversation and that's what you would expect among friends. First, I want to congratulate you and thank you and your government for the role you have played in the Western Balkans. You've been a constructive force for stability, a constructive force for hope, you projected a hopeful future and for the people of Kosovo and Serbia and I want to thank you for that."
3. Cutaway Bush and Stanishev
4. SOUNDBITE:(English), George W. Bush, US President
"I want to thank you very much for your nation's strong contributions to helping others realise the blessings of liberty; whether it be in Afghanistan or Iraq I fully understand how difficult these issues can be. On the other hand, you understand how hopeful the world can be when people live in free societies so I want to thank you and I want to thank the people of your country for the sacrifices that you have made. Thirdly, we talked about a mutual concern and that's energy, how do we get more energy on the market and how do we help others, you know our respective countries and others realise the blessings of additional energy supply."
5. Cutaway Stanishev and Bush
6. SOUNDBITE: (English), George W. Bush, US President:
"Today, because of the Prime Minister's hard work there has been a breakthrough on the visa waiver as an important step toward achieving the same status as other countries in the EU and I want to congratulate you on that. Thank you for your hard work and thank you for your care about the people of your country."
7. Cutaway Stanishev and Bush
8. SOUNDBITE:(English) Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian Prime Minister:
"Without stability in the Balkans, without European perspective and NATO perspective for these countries, we cannot speak about real prosperity and democracy in the region. The region has many wounds from the war in the former Yugoslavia and they have to be healed and the international presence is very important, and the European perspective as well. We also see the importance of the Black Sea area, both politically from the point of view of security issues and from the point of view of energy issues and I appreciate the dialogue which we had on diversification of energy supply, on nuclear energy."
9. Cutaway Bush
10. SOUNDBITE:(English), Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian Prime Minister:
"We are good partners in Afghanistan and Iraq and Kosovo, and Bulgaria is not simply a beneficiary of our membership in NATO of the European Union, but we are a contributor because we know our responsibilities and we shall not give up from these responsibilities because there are many challenges around the world, we have to overcome them together."
11. Bush and Stanishev shake hands
STORYLINE
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev met US President George W Bush in Washington on Wednesday during the final day of the Bulgarian's visit to the country.
The pair discussed a number of topics including the peace process in the Balkans and the latest developments in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"I want to thank you very much for your nation's strong contributions to helping others realise the blessings of liberty; whether it be in Afghanistan or Iraq I fully understand how difficult these issues can be," said Bush.
The issue of energy appeared to dominate the talks, with the leaders expressing a mutual concern for the energy market and the need for alternative and additional energy supplies.

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