BAKU - Members of an association of news agencies from Turkish speaking countries came together on Wednesday at a general assembly meeting in the Azeri capital of Baku.
Speaking at the meeting, Ali Hasanov, Azerbaijan`s social and political affairs director with the President`s office, said relations between the institutions of Turkish speaking countries have developed rapidly, including their news agencies, adding that decisions that would taken by member news agencies of the association were important.
Delivering a speech at the meeting, Turkey`s Press and Information Director General Salih Melek said that the association had an important role to play in informing nations and in the determination of government policies.
Aslan Asanov, director general of Azerbaijan state-run Azertac news agency, said that a close cooperation between Turkish speaking countries became an indispensable need with globalization, adding that news agencies could make significant contributions to the development of friendship and solidarity between Turkish speaking countries.
(YMB-AÖ)