(13 Mar 2007)
1. Australian Prime Minister John Howard entering room and being greeted by Japanese officials
2. Wide shot of Howard shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe standing in front of their national flags, zoom in
3. Various of meeting between the leaders and their delegations
4. Wide of leaders walking into news conference
5. Cutaway of media
6. SOUNDBITE (English): John Howard, Australian Prime Minister:
"This will not contribute to a military build-up and it will not contribute to an arms race. And of course decisions have been taken by China and other countries about investments in their military separately from and in advance of the signing of this declaration. To suggest that this declaration would trigger an arms race is stretching it a bit and I don't think that's going to happen at all."
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister:
"We must of course always have consideration for the past in mind, but at the same time we want to advance the legacy of trust we have built up in the 60 years since the war to contribute to world peace."
8. SOUNDBITE (English): John Howard, Australian Prime Minister:
"I recognise the sensitivities for Japanese agriculture. I also recognise that until every aspect of that sensitivity is examined we have no way of really knowing whether there is a difference between the actual damage and the perceived damage. And sometimes there is a gap between the two. And that is why I am so very pleased that the issue of agriculture has been put on the table recognising, as we both do, that sensitivities surround it but we will never know how real those sensitivities are until we have had the thorough going examination that will come out of these negotiations."
9. Wide of Howard and Abe addressing media
STORYLINE:
Japan and Australia signed a security pact on Tuesday to boost an increasingly close defence relationship, while the countries' premiers downplayed concerns that the pact was directed specifically at China or other countries in the region.
Under the joint declaration signed on Tuesday by visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese forces will train alongside Australians for disaster relief and peacekeeping missions.
The pact also calls for cooperation between the two countries in counter-terrorist measures and intelligence sharing.
Howard dismissed concerns raised by China and South Korea that the security pact was negotiated in secret amid fears it is aimed at containing
China's power in the region.
"This will not contribute to a military build-up and it will not contribute to an arms race," he told reporters at a joint news conference after the signing.
"Decisions have been taken by China and other countries about investments in their military separately from and in advance of the signing of this declaration," he continued. "To suggest that this declaration would trigger an arms race is stretching it a bit and I don't think that's going to happen at all."
The two countries' security ties have vastly improved since Australian troops provided security for a Japanese humanitarian mission, comprising
about 600 troops, in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
The non-combat mission ended in July. Earlier in the evening, Abe thanked Howard for Australia's help in Iraq.
Howard, who earlier lunched with Japanese business leaders, and Abe also agreed that negotiations on a free trade pact to be launched next month
should be undertaken with "sensitivity" toward areas of concern each side has.
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