POLITICS
Chairman of Azerbaijan Press Council addressed of Int`l Press Institute`s World Congress
Baku, September 29 (AZERTAC). The World Congress entitled 'The Asian media Century” organized by the International Press Institute has wrapped up in Taipei, Taiwan.
A delegation led Chairman of the Azerbaijan Press Council Aflatun Amashov took part at the event. Giving information about Azerbaijan`s media market Amashov spoke about the peculiarities of the Azerbaijani media. He said the major goal of the Press Council is to regulate the media-government relations. The Council also put forward several important legislative initiatives.
Various aspects of journalist security, application of new technologies in mass media, characteristic features of new media, determination of ways so that media remains as business structure in critical situations were discussed during the sessions of the congress. The Azerbaijani media representatives met with their colleagues from the US, Austria, Finland and informed them about the present state of the media in the country.