SRI LANKA: COLIN POWELL MEETS SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA AFTER TOURING TSUNAMI DEVASTATION

Record ID: 949703

  • Title: SRI LANKA: COLIN POWELL MEETS SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA AFTER TOURING TSUNAMI DEVASTATION
  • Date: 7th January 2005
  • Summary: (W4) COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (JANUARY 7, 2005) (SRI LANKA TV - NO ACCESS SRI LANKA) 1. WIDE OF HELICOPTER LANDING AT AIRPORT 0.10 2. WIDE OF U.S. AIRCRAFT ON TARMAC 0.12 3. SLV U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL OUT OF HELICOPTER 0.23 4. WIDE OF MEDIA 0.25 5. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TALKING ABOUT DESTRUCTION HE HAD SEEN, SAYING: "The destruction that we saw was significant but it's more than just walls that have been knocked down or buildings that have been crushed, but lives that were crushed and snuffed out. I conveyed to the (Sri Lankan) president and through her to all Sri Lankans that the United States is in solidarity with Sri Lanka. The (U.S.) president has already extended his condolences to the families of those who were lost. But we are going to do more than that; we are going to provide support through the international community." 1.02 6. WIDE OF MEDIA AND POWELL 1.08 7. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TALKING ABOUT MOBILISATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, SAYING: "Twelve countries spread over thousands of miles all struck by a single event, a single catastrophe and the international community has mobilised in a way that I have never seen before to help the affected people, to rebuild their homes, their schools, their businesses, but above all to rebuild their lives and to show that the world can be compassionate and caring in the face of this kind of tragedy." 1.42 8. CLOSE OF REPORTER 1.48 9. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TALKING ABOUT USA HELPING FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME, SAYING: "We will be here for a long period of time by the simple fact that our embassies are here, our USAID missions are here, our military forces are in the region. I can't tell you how long they will stay, there are other missions that will have to be performed in due course. Our marines will be arriving in greater strength tomorrow. We expect engineer units and some medical personnel to be coming ashore over the next couple of days but I cannot tell you how long those units will be here. But in terms of the recovery effort, the principle agent responsible for the recovery effort is the Sri Lankan government and as long as it takes them to restore infrastructure and reconstruct their society the United States will be here with them." 2.27 10. WIDE OF POWELL AND MEDIA 2.33 11. VARIOUS PART UNDERLAID (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TALKING ABOUT TAMIL TIGERS, OR LTTE, SAYING: "I haven't had any contact with them. The reports I received from the government suggest that aid is going into the northern part of the country, those parts of the country that are under their control. The government believes that the Tamil regions are getting as much or more as a proportion and we'll have to wait and measure that over time but I know that aid is going up there. But I have had no conversation with any members of the LTTE" 3.03 12. WIDE OF MEDIA 3.12 13. VARIOUS OF POWELL SAYING GOODBYE AND GETTING ON U.S. AIRCRAFT 3.45 (U3) GALLE, SRI LANKA (JANUARY 7, 2005) (NBC - NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET/WIRELESS) 14. VARIOUS OF POWELL TOURING TOWN WITH AID WORKER 4.13 (W4) COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (JANUARY 7, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 14. VARIOUS OF U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL TOURING GARDEN WITH SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT CHANDRIKA KUMARATUNGA 5.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: COLOMBO AND GALLE, SRI LANKA
  • Country: Sri Lanka
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