BAKU CONFERENCE RECOMMENDED USE OF BLOGS FOR WORLD PUBLIC AWARENESS OF GARABAGH CONFLICT
Azerbaijan Business Center
13.08.2008 15:39
Azerbaijan
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. International conference "Azerbaijanians &
Americans: How We See Each Other" is taking place in Baku today.
Khafiz Pashayev, deputy foreign minister and rector of Azerbaijan
Diplomatic Academy, said that significance of the conference is that
Azerbaijan as well as the United States will hold presidential election
this year.
Khazar Ibrahim, press secretary of the ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Azerbaijan, considers that there is a great deal of interest in the
US and American journalists give preference to coverage of internal
issues and that is why the US public is unaware of Azerbaijan and
Nagorno Garabagh conflict.
"On the other hand, we should make the US public to be aware of right
information on the occasion and American journalists are over here
with this goal. The Azerbaijani journalism has not such large history
of its development as the American one has. Journalists should work
closer with one another to inform the population in an accessible
form," Ibrahim said.
Andrew Breitbart, a representative of Washington Times, said that
available data about Azerbaijan and Nagorno Garabagh conflict are
quite restricted.
"After arrival in Baku I came to conclusion that American journalists
should be sent here to familiarize themselves with the situation
closer," Mr. Breitbart said.
At the event it was also stressed growing role of alternate media
(blogs, e-media), problems with which Azerbaijani journalists
encounter, information closeness of some governmental agencies (in
particular the Ministry of Internal Affairs), ignoring of problems
covered in mass media, and other topics.
The conference also involved reps of Los Angeles Times, Newsweek,
The New Republic, Azerbaijani government and NGOs.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
