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37TH MEETING OF HEADS OF RCC WRAPPED UP IN LATVIA

02.06.2007 [13:36]
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Azerbaijan Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov attended the 37th meeting of the heads of the Regional Commonwealth for Cooperation in Communications (RCC) in Latvia.

At issue were the questions of TV and radio broadcasting in the regions, launch of the new telecommunication satellites, universal communication services etc.

During the meeting, Mr. Abbasov met with his Slovenian and Kazakhstan colleagues. The operators of these countries signed the protocol of construction of the Caspian section of Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable, uniting the West and the East. Minister also discussed with the heads of the radio bureaus of the Intersputnik and International Telecommunication Union the launch of Azerbaijan artificial satellite.

Mr. Abbasov met with the heads of the different structures of Latvia, as well as attended the Latvia-Azerbaijan ICT Forum.