Azerbaijan Press Council executives held a meeting in “Azerbaijan” Press concerning the accepted law on “Rekety” newspapers, based on the names which were clarified in December 26th of 2008.<br /> <br /> Chairman of Azerbaijan Press Council Eflatun Amashov noted the importance of the functions of “Azerbaijan” press saying that, this is not only the biggest network in Azerbaijan, but in the whole of Caucasus. Talking widely about the rich tradition of the Press, he said that measures in the Council have recently been aimed to increase the influence of the findings: “It is a worthy contribution by “Azerbaijan” Press on the improvement of Azerbaijan media.
The Press was the first who reacted over the accepted laws on “rekety” newspapers. And this is crucial that we have already started, in cleaning up the media system towards the path to a perfect media”.
IEPF Chairman Umud Rahimoghlu, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Azerbaijan” – Bextiyar Sadigov, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Edalet”- Aqil Abbas, chairman of the Open Joint Stock Company “Azermetbuatyayimi” -Vuqar Seferli, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Paralel” -Tapdiq Abbas, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Sherq” -Akif Ahirili, and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Baki Xeberi” -Aydin Quliyev were among the ones who noted that the approved law have met a wide acceptability by the community. They also noted that reaction of such an influential press like “Azerbaijan” is an obvious indication of the social importance to the issue.
The director of “Azerbaijan” press Aghabey Esgerov is of the idea that declaring the names of “Rekety” organizations is the most effective way of fighting against them. He thinks that works that have already started will go on in future based on collaborations between Azerbaijan Press Council and “Azerbaijan” Press.