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Baku, December 11, AzerTAc

Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency (AzerTAc) and Anadolu Agency have discussed the signing of a contract on further expansion of cooperation between the agencies as DirectorGeneral of AzerTAc Aslan Aslanov met Deputy Director-General of Anadolu Agency Ebubekir Sahin.

DirectorGeneral Aslan Aslanov said: “From the time of the restoration of independence of Azerbaijan until now AzerTAc and Anadolu Agency have improved their relations even more. These two leading news agencies of the two friendly and fraternal countries always back each-other in international media organizations.”

Mr. Aslanov stressed Anadolu Agency`s assistance in adoption of decisions on AzerTAc`s holding the 5th News Agencies World Congress (NAWC) and 16th General Assembly of the Organization of the Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in 2016.

“AzerTAc, in turn, has always supported Anadolu Agency in international organizations, and is satisfied with the cooperation with the national news agency of the brotherly country,” he added.

Deputy Director-General of Anadolu Agency Ebubekir Sahin said: “We always follow AzerTAc`s achievements in international relations and we are determined to expand cooperation with the news agency of the brotherly country.” He hailed the joint organization of a photo exhibition by AzerTAc and Anadolu Agency dedicated to national leader Heydar Aliyev in Baku, and stressed the importance of the expansion of cooperation between the two agencies in various fields, including technical and information exchange.

AzerTAc`s DirectorGeneral invited Anadolu Agency`s leadership to attend a meeting of the News Agencies World Council (NACO) and celebrative event of AzerTAc`s 95 jubilee next March.

The sides agreed to sign a document on the expansion of cooperation between the two agencies next year. They also exchanged views on improvement of the work of the Union of the Turkish Speaking News Agencies.

Head of International Relations Department of Anadolu Agency Ercan Gocer and head of the Agency`s Baku Office Tolga Ozgenc were also present at the meeting.

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