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Tue, 03/01/2011 - 16:42
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MNA inaugurates Russian language service
TEHRAN, March 1 (MNA) -- The Mehr News Agency (MNA) officially launched a Russian-language news service today, bringing the agency’s foreign language services to 7.
Held at the central office of the agency, the opening ceremony was attended by a number of Iranian officials, foreign ambassadors, chargé d'affaires, cultural attaches, and foreign news agencies’ bureau chiefs in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) Director Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mehdi Khamushi, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Sadovnikov, Belarusian Ambassador Victor Rybak, and Armenian Ambassador Grigor Arakelian were among the participants of the inauguration ceremony.
Russian Embassy’s Third Secretary Sergey Sushkov, Ukrainian attaché Vitaliy Zaianchkovsky, Kyodo News Agency’s Tehran Bureau Chief Chitose Nakagawa, Itar-Tass News Agency’s Tehran Bureau Chief Kaziiv Konstantin were also attended the event.
Established in 2002, MNA is a semi-official news agency, which currently disseminates its news in 6 languages: Persian, English, Arabic, German, Turkish, and Urdu.
The new wire service will provide Russian-speaking readers around the clock coverage of Iran and the world. The Russian language service will deliver the top news in politics, business, society, sports and the latest breakthroughs in health, science, and technology.
Since its establishment the Mehr News Agency has paid great attention to the international cooperation in line with boosting relations between nations and governments.
It has so far inked cooperation agreements with 14 reliable news agencies around the globe, such as the Japanese Kyodo News Agency, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency, the Press Trust of India (PTI), the Korea’s YONHAP, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the Turkish Cihan News Agency, the Malaysia’s BERNAMA, the Indonesia’s ANTARA, the Azerbaijan’s Trend News Agency, the Mongolia’s MONTSAME, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), and the Georgian Pirweli News Agency, as well as the Afghan Voice Agency (AVA).
Held at the central office of the agency, the opening ceremony was attended by a number of Iranian officials, foreign ambassadors, chargé d'affaires, cultural attaches, and foreign news agencies’ bureau chiefs in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) Director Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mehdi Khamushi, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Sadovnikov, Belarusian Ambassador Victor Rybak, and Armenian Ambassador Grigor Arakelian were among the participants of the inauguration ceremony.
Russian Embassy’s Third Secretary Sergey Sushkov, Ukrainian attaché Vitaliy Zaianchkovsky, Kyodo News Agency’s Tehran Bureau Chief Chitose Nakagawa, Itar-Tass News Agency’s Tehran Bureau Chief Kaziiv Konstantin were also attended the event.
Established in 2002, MNA is a semi-official news agency, which currently disseminates its news in 6 languages: Persian, English, Arabic, German, Turkish, and Urdu.
The new wire service will provide Russian-speaking readers around the clock coverage of Iran and the world. The Russian language service will deliver the top news in politics, business, society, sports and the latest breakthroughs in health, science, and technology.
Since its establishment the Mehr News Agency has paid great attention to the international cooperation in line with boosting relations between nations and governments.
It has so far inked cooperation agreements with 14 reliable news agencies around the globe, such as the Japanese Kyodo News Agency, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency, the Press Trust of India (PTI), the Korea’s YONHAP, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the Turkish Cihan News Agency, the Malaysia’s BERNAMA, the Indonesia’s ANTARA, the Azerbaijan’s Trend News Agency, the Mongolia’s MONTSAME, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), and the Georgian Pirweli News Agency, as well as the Afghan Voice Agency (AVA).
