BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 20. A new era began for the Azerbaijani press after Azerbaijan's gaining independence, Chairman of the Audiovisual Council of Azerbaijan Ismat Sattarov said at the "Media in the era of Global Transformations: Continuity of Traditions, Principles of Journalism and Public Interests" conference, Trend reports.
"This period of our media is associated with the name of national leader Heydar Aliyev. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who has successfully continued the policy of great leader Heydar Aliyev, today pays special attention to the development of the media," Sattarov noted. "It's thanks to the attention of President Ilham Aliyev that media support has become systematic, and this is the factor underlying all the reforms carried out in the media sphere: serving the state and statehood, achieving media development."
"Today, journalists celebrating their professional holiday at work provide society with information and play an important role in conveying Azerbaijani realities to the whole world. In an era of rapid development of information and communication technologies, media workers have a much greater responsibility," he pointed out.
"Countering global threats in a globalizing world, using all the opportunities provided by technological development, voicing Azerbaijani realities in the world. Our media representatives treat this mission with great responsibility and cope with it with honor," the official added.
The "Media in the Era of Global Transformations: Continuity of Traditions, Principles of Journalism and Public Interests" conference dedicated to the 148th anniversary of the National Press is being held in Baku with the joint organization of the Media Development Agency, the Audiovisual Council and the Press Council of Azerbaijan.