Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 17
By Anakhanum Hidayatova – Trend:
The 5th News Agencies World Congress in Baku is a very successful event, Natalya Kostina, editor-in-chief of Ukraine’s National Information Agency (Ukrinform), told Trend November 17.
“The event brought together different people from many continents and they have an opportunity to discuss different approaches to the same issues,” Kostina said.
She added that for Azerbaijan, the 5th News Agencies World Congress is certainly a grand event, because not every country can bring so many reputable media outlets together.
“The event has been organized at a high level,” she said.
Azerbaijan is hosting the 5th News Agencies World Congress, the 16th General Assembly of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and the 22nd Session of the Council of CIS Heads of News Agencies.
Azerbaijan is represented in the events by Trend and AzerTAc news agencies.
Co-organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Azerbaijan’s state news agency AzerTAc, these events bring together heads and officials of about 100 news agencies, international media experts, and officials from UNESCO and regional media organizations.
Speakers in the sessions include presidents of the News Agencies World Congress, OANA, EANA, FANA, managers of Associated Press, Reuters, Xinhua, Anadolu Agency, TASS, Agence France-Press, Press Association, EFE, Yonhap, Kyodo News, TT, SPA, BTA, AAP, IRNA, DPA, Notimex, ATPE and other leading news agencies, Los Angeles Times newspaper, Al Arabiya TV channel, and experts from Tripod Advisors, News Corp, PwC, Axel Springer and Stibo Accelerator media companies.
Initiated by the Russian news agency TASS, the 1st News Agencies World Congress was held in Moscow on Sept. 24-25, 2004.
