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OFFICIAL: EXPANSION OF MEDIA RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS A PRIORITY
IRNA
Decemver 6, 2011
Tehran
Tehran, Dec 6, IRNA - Expansion of media relations with neighboring
countries is a priority, Iranian Deputy Culture Minister for Press
Affairs Mohammad-Jafar Mohammadzadeh said here Monday.
He made the remarks in his meeting with visiting Head of the Public
and Political Affairs Department at the Presidential Administration
of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov.
The official stressed the need for closer and deeper cultural relations
between Tehran and Baku.
'Islamic unity among the regional countries can prevent the colonial
purposes of the arrogant powers and the Zionist regime and help the
establishment of a new Middle East based on the people's votes,'he
said.
Hassanov, for his part, emphasized the need for further development
of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic
of Azerbaijan.
'Hostile media are trying to disturb good relations between the
Iranian media and the Azerbaijan Republic media,' he stated.
Teh Head of the Public and Political Affairs Department at the
Presidential Administration had also a meeting with the head of Iran's
national broadcaster, IRIB.
Iran has an embassy in Baku and a consulate-general in Nakhchivan
City. Azerbaijan has an embassy in Tehran and a consulate-general in
Tabriz. Both countries are full members of the Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Iran and Azerbaijan have also both majority Shi'a populations and
share many cultural connections.
Nevertheless, the relations between the two republics are developing.
On December 20, 2005, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and the
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the opening ceremony
of a new gas pipeline from Iran to Azerbaijan's landlocked Nakhchivan
Autonomous Region, which is separated from the mainland of Azerbaijan
by a strip of Armenian territory. Nakhchivan has been cut off from
gas supplies as a result of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Under a 25-year swap contract signed between the
two countries in August 2004, the new pipeline will supply the region
with Iranian natural gas. Azerbaijan will also deliver its gas to
Iran's northeastern provinces.
On February 3, 2007 Azerbaijan's minister of communications and
information technology, Ali Abbasov, and the head of the Iranian
State Broadcasting Agency, Ezzatollah Zarghami, signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral media cooperation.
From: A. Papazian
IRNA
Decemver 6, 2011
Tehran
Tehran, Dec 6, IRNA - Expansion of media relations with neighboring
countries is a priority, Iranian Deputy Culture Minister for Press
Affairs Mohammad-Jafar Mohammadzadeh said here Monday.
He made the remarks in his meeting with visiting Head of the Public
and Political Affairs Department at the Presidential Administration
of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov.
The official stressed the need for closer and deeper cultural relations
between Tehran and Baku.
'Islamic unity among the regional countries can prevent the colonial
purposes of the arrogant powers and the Zionist regime and help the
establishment of a new Middle East based on the people's votes,'he
said.
Hassanov, for his part, emphasized the need for further development
of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic
of Azerbaijan.
'Hostile media are trying to disturb good relations between the
Iranian media and the Azerbaijan Republic media,' he stated.
Teh Head of the Public and Political Affairs Department at the
Presidential Administration had also a meeting with the head of Iran's
national broadcaster, IRIB.
Iran has an embassy in Baku and a consulate-general in Nakhchivan
City. Azerbaijan has an embassy in Tehran and a consulate-general in
Tabriz. Both countries are full members of the Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Iran and Azerbaijan have also both majority Shi'a populations and
share many cultural connections.
Nevertheless, the relations between the two republics are developing.
On December 20, 2005, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and the
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the opening ceremony
of a new gas pipeline from Iran to Azerbaijan's landlocked Nakhchivan
Autonomous Region, which is separated from the mainland of Azerbaijan
by a strip of Armenian territory. Nakhchivan has been cut off from
gas supplies as a result of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Under a 25-year swap contract signed between the
two countries in August 2004, the new pipeline will supply the region
with Iranian natural gas. Azerbaijan will also deliver its gas to
Iran's northeastern provinces.
On February 3, 2007 Azerbaijan's minister of communications and
information technology, Ali Abbasov, and the head of the Iranian
State Broadcasting Agency, Ezzatollah Zarghami, signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral media cooperation.
From: A. Papazian