ALI ABBASOV: AZERBAIJAN’S RADIO/TV INTERFERENCE IN THE ARMENIAN AIRSPACE RESULTS FROM THE LATTER’S FAILURE TO MEET TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Azeri Press Agency
Jan 21 2009
Azerbaijan
Baku. Ayur Veliyeva – APA-ECONOMICS. Armenian Ministry of
Communications and Transport has filed a grievance with the
International Telecommunication Union against Azerbaijan, complaining
about the illegal interference of Azerbaijan-based television/radio
broadcasts in its airspace, said Ali Abbasov, Azerbaijan’s Minister
of Communications and Information Technologies.
According to him, today, Azerbaijan regulates broadcasting with
its neighbors under a protocol agreed on with the International
Telecommunications Union.
"Some funds were made available from the President’s Reserve Fund
last year to install transmitters in the border areas so as to improve
the reception of radio waves.
The interference of our radio/TV transmission in Armenian airspace
results from the latter’s failure to meet technical requirements of
broadcasting. 13 large transmitting stations are being installed in
Azerbaijan’s border areas. Two transmitters will soon be deployed in
Lerik. With these stations, the interference of Armenian broadcasts
in our airspace will be over," he added.