Baku hosts 2nd Media Forum of Turkic-Speaking Countries and Communities

Baku hosts 2nd Media Forum of Turkic-Speaking Countries and Communities
The 2nd Media Forum of Turkic-Speaking Countries and Communities has begun in Baku today.

The event was organized by the Press Council and the Fund of State Support to the Development of Mass Media under the President of Azerbaijan. Representatives of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Northern Cyprus, Russian Federation’s republics of Tuva, Sakha, Khakasiya, Kabardin-Balkar, Karachay-Cherkes, Tatarstan, Bashkordistan, Ukraine’s Crimea Autonomous region, Moldova’s Gagauz Autonomous Territory, European Turkish communities, Iraq, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Kosovo attend the forum.

In his welcoming speech, Chairman of the Press Council of Azerbaijan Aflatun Amashov said the Forum was supported by the President of Azerbaijan. He expressed confidence that the Forum will be very significant.

Head of the Public Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov read the congratulation letter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

"Mass media in Turkic speaking states must take additional effort to strengthen ties between our fraternal states and propagandize our common cultural and national values.

The impact of mass media on global and local processes continues to grow. I hope that the current forum will further connect our mass media and promote creation of the overall media information space of the Turkic-speaking countries", the statement reads.

Director General of Mass Media Department of the Turkish Prime Minister’s Office Murat Karakaya read the congratulation letter of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

'A Declaration of the 2nd Media Forum of the Turkic-Speaking Countries and Communities will be adopted in Baku today', head of the public policy department of the Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov said.

Ali Hasanov said the Declaration would reflect the issue of cooperation between the media organizations and information agencies of the Turkic-speaking countries and communities and declare establishing their Coordination Center.

'We want to establish cooperation between the media organizations of the Turkic-speaking countries and communities as it exists between their official and non-governmental organizations. These issues will be discussed at the Forum today'.

Ali Hasanov said if it is proposed at the Forum, the Declaration will also reflect the issue of establishing common information agency of the Turkic-speaking countries and communities.

Three meetings will be held within the forum and panel discussions will be organized in the second part of the event. Representatives of the participating countries and communities will report about the situation of their media organizations at the first meeting. Two panels will be organized in the second meeting. First topic is "Media of Turkic-speaking countries and communities as uniting factor in the integration into the global information space".

The second meeting will be dedicated to the situation of social media in the Turkic-speaking regions.

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