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Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency renamed Azerbaijan State Information Agency VIDEO

Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency renamed Azerbaijan State Information Agency VIDEO

Baku, February 26, AZERTAC

President Ilham Aliyev has today signed an order to rename Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency Azerbaijan State Information Agency (AZERTAC).

By other orders, the head of state conferred “Honored journalist”, “Honored cultural worker” and “Honored engineer” titles and “Taraggi” medals upon a group of employees of AZERTAC.

Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency renamed Azerbaijan State Information Agency VIDEO

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