1. Macedonian President President Boris Trajkovski with U-S Seretary of State Colin Powell at the State Department photo opportunity 2. Cutaway 3. Wide shot of Powell and Trajkovski outside State Department. 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State "With respect to other issues that I congratulated the president on moving aggressively to deal with, to include political reconciliation in all its forms, including possible constitutional amendments at some point in the future. I made the point to the president that we must not allow terrorists to derail political reconciliation. As long as we keep moving in this direction we will dry up the support that terrorists might think they enjoy." 5. Shot of Powell and Trajkovski 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brois Trajkovski, Macedonian President "I believe that this is a real demonstration of the commitment on the part of the United States in the Republic of Macedonia and the region, and which shows that the United States would like to ...stay...to remain in that part of the region. Also it shows that the United States would like and is willing to defeat the terrorists, and also to uphold the democracy and the rule of law, and also to support the Republic of Macedonia in everything what we are doing." 7. Cutaway to State Department officials 8. Powell and Trajkovski shaking hands STORYLINE: U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell is offering "solidarity" from the U-S to the Macedonian government in its so-called anti-terrorism campaign against Albanian radicals. Powell met with Macedonia's President Boris Trajkovski on Tuesday in Washington D-C. After their meeting, Powell said insurgents were trying to subvert the democratic process in the former Yugoslav republic and that the Skopje government could count on U-S economic support. The pledge comes as the Macedonian leader is due to meet Wednesday with President George W. Bush at the White House. But Powell also cautioned against Macedonian violence against ethnic Albanians. Macedonians on Tuesday smashed and burned shops owned by ethnic Albanians after eight soldiers died in a weekend clash with Albanian guerrillas. Macedonia's president said before his visit to Washington that he would demand strong support from the U-S government for his fight with insurgents. Standing alongside Powell at the U-S State Department, Trajkovski expressed his gratitude for American support. He said there was a joint commitment with the Bush administration to move against the insurgents and that his aim was a democratic state not built on ethnic groups. You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/23c2cdf60f163fce423ad4f1c0fd3804 Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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