(21 Jan 2006)
1. Wide pan of building exterior
2. Pan of Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, leader walking into meeting
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malik Mahmud, GAM leader:
"We are optimistic, and satisfied for what has been going on in Aceh. The peace process is now going on according to the schedule, and according to the contents of the MOU (memorandum of understanding). Regarding the elections of (word unknown), as my colleague explained just now, that probably will be postponed up to June. Yes."
4. Photographer
5. Wide of press conference
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malik Mahmud, GAM leader:
"Regarding this meeting this afternoon, this morning in fact, up to the afternoon I think it is very, very cordial, very friendly. We managed to make a mutual understanding that we have to work closely together; the government and the GAM, as well as the monitoring, the Aceh monitoring scheme. To make sure that the implementation of the MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) will go smoothly."
7. Mid shot of Malik Mahmud, Free Aceh Movement, or GAM leader
8. Mid shot of Free Aceh Movement, or GAM leader greeting journalists
9. Pan of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish President:
"I thanked both Vice President Kalla and the government of Indonesia and GAM that they have so well adhered to the principles we established in the memorandum of understanding. From my point of view I could hardly have expected anything better than what has happened. We have to remember that only five months has expired from the date when the implementation formally started."
11. Cutaway
12. Wide of Ahtisaari
13. Wide exterior of building, police car arriving
14. Mid shot of window
15. Mid shot of press conference with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian Vice President:
"Simply to say, the Aceh peace process, we are very optimistic. Just this morning and afternoon we were (word unknown) after five years all indonesian sides and our GAM side are very happy of the progress. The first stages of the commissioning, you're seeing are very good. We are very optimistic and the second stages of law, and reintegration will be doing well because we don't see any obstacles, any problems in the field, as far as (is) known. That's why the Aceh, I mean.. The position is we are pretty optimistic."
17. Cutaway of journalists, pan to delegation
18. Wide of delegation leaving
19. Wide of road in snow
STORYLINE:
Peace broker Martti Ahtisaari on Saturday praised former enemies - the Indonesian government and Aceh separatist rebels - for honouring a treaty that ended almost 30 years of bloodshed in the separatist province.
Ahtisaari, a former Finnish president who mediated negotiations that resulted in a pact signed in Helsinki in August, said the process had been a success.
He said the experience had been very successful, and said it was a good start on the road to peace.
Leaders of the Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, also were upbeat about the meeting with Ahtisaari and an Indonesian delegation headed by Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
"Regarding this meeting ... it was very, very cordial, very friendly," said Malik Mahmud, a GAM leader who has lived in exile in Sweden during the conflict.
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said he was optimistic for the future in province.
The accord became possible after GAM agreed to disarm and renounce a demand for full independence, and the Indonesian government said it would cut troops and police in the region.
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