The official opening ceremony of the 43rd Executive Board Meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) has been held in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran.

IRNA's Managing Director Seyyed Zia Hashemi, Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi, AZERTAC Chairman of the Board and OANA President Aslan Aslanov, and Director General of Bulgaria’s BTA news agency Maxim Minchev, who will be chairing the News Agencies World Congress in 2019-2022, made speeches at the meeting.

Then the Executive Board meeting began.