Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Agayeva / Moscow will submit the Russian Federation proposal concerning mutual broadcasting of channels of both countries to the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan on 13 September, Vasili Istratov, the Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan, said.
The issue became relevant after the decision of the Azerbaijani National TV Broadcasting Council to stop broadcasting of the Russian ORT channel in the territory of Azerbaijan from 11 July at 00:00. Broadcasting of РТР-Planet was prolonged for a month.
The Azerbaijani National TV Broadcasting Council offered mutual broadcasting of the Russian channel of RTR-Planet and the Azerbaijani channel of AzTv. Technical specialists will make decision in which regions of the Russian Federation the channel will be broadcasted. AzTv , experts consider, may be broadcasted in Moscow, the vicinities of Moscow and in the south of Russia.
The document offered by Russia was based on the project developed by Azerbaijan.
Two agreements are expected to sign, one is the political framework agreement, and the other is the technical one.