Azerbaijan, Baku, May 18 / Trend /
Chairman of the Press Council (PC) Aflatun Amashov has met with the responsible representative for culture of board of the Reporters without Borders organisation, Ingo Paehtz.
Amashov informed the European guest about the directions of the structure headed by him, the press council told Trend on Friday.
The main mission of the Council, which was established at the first congress of journalists on 15 March 2003 is to regulate the relations between media and society, between the media and the government, he said.
Referring to the specific activities of the Council, Amashov noted that the structure in different years made proposals relating to legislation that were positively evaluated.
The representative of the Reporters without Borders informing about the aims of the visit to Azerbaijan, emphasized the importance of cooperative relations between the structure he represents and Azerbaijani press council.
At the meeting the sides exchanged views on various aspects of freedom of speech and press. Discussions were held on possible areas of cooperation.