VARIOUS: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER AND ROBIN COOK BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY CLAIM TO HAVE EVIDENCE OF MILOSEVIC'S DEFEAT

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  • Title: VARIOUS: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER AND ROBIN COOK BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY CLAIM TO HAVE EVIDENCE OF MILOSEVIC'S DEFEAT
  • Date: 25th September 2000
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 25, 2000)(REUTERS) 1. SLV ARRIVAL OF GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER 0.08 2. SV (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER SAYING: "Final results are still awaited but all information from independent institutions and confirmed by opposition parties indicate that the democratic opposition won in all three elections - parliamentary, presidential and local. It looks as though presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica has already come out the winner in the first round of voting." 0.49 3. CA CAMERAMEN 0.53 4. SV (SOUNDBITE) (German) FISCHER SAYING: "Milosevic scheduled the elections at an early date to maintain his personal power in Serbia and Montenegro. Results show that the Serbian people clearly voted against repression and patronising treatment and for democratic change. This deserves the greatest acknowledgement." 1.18 BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 25, 2000) (ITN - NO ACCESS BBC/BSkyB/ABC (Aust)/TVNZ/.CO.UK SITES(Internet) 5. MV BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK WALKING OUT 1.26 6. SV (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER ROBIN COOK SAYING: "All the reliable evidence we have suggest the people voted Milosevic out by a massive majority. The results from a third of the polling stations around Serbia show that the opposition candidate has scored 57 percent of those votes. Milosevic got only 33 percent. Even in his home town, supposed to be his stronghold he lost in every polling station. Today Milosevic is a beaten, broken-backed president. We know he was preparing to rig the results, but the scale of his defeat is too great for even him to fix it. My message to him today is: 'Be honest with your people. Get out of the way and let Serbia get out of the prison you have turned it into." 2.21 7. CA MEDIA 2.27 8. MV COOK WITH ADVISORS 2.37 MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 25, 2000)(ORT - NO ACCESS CIS/INTERNET) 9. SLV GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WALKING (2 SHOTS) 2.53 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER: "Obviously we also talked about the Balkans. We agreed that free elections are a stabilising element in the Balkans. Secondly, free elections have to accord with international standards. Thirdly, no final analysis can be made yet, but it looks as if Serbia - Yugoslavia - has decided to undergo a democratic change. Fourthly, we agreed that the strong community wants to stabilise and encourage democratic change in Montenegro." 3.47 11. WIDE OF TWO LEADERS 3.54 12. SV (SOUNDBITE)(Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: "I should say that this conversation which we had could lead to very serious practical results in bilateral ties in the economy, the energy sphere, hi-tec sphere and co-ordination in our international activities." 4.19 13. CLOSE-UP OF SCHROEDER 4.25 14. MV SCHROEDER AND PUTIN SHAKING HANDS LEAVING 4.41 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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