On 3 November, International Press Institutes national committees came together holding assembly in Baku to discuss the development platform of NCs. The event is first in IPIs history.<br /> <br /> The event was joined by director of the IPI Allison McKenzie, member of the secretary of the organization Christian Klint and heads of NCs from Germany, Slovenia, India, Turkey, North Korea, Nigeria and Latvia.
Umud Mirzayev, head of the IPI is Azerbaijan National Committee has
hosted the meeting and said the event is something new in IPIs
history.
Ms. McKenzie expressed there is much expectation on the assembly
before talking about IPIs activities on protection media freedom all
over the world.
Aflatun Amashov, chairman of the Azerbaijan Press Council and member of the Azerbaijan National Committee made a speech on the current state of the Azerbaijan media and its problems. He explained how the local government supports the domestic media enriching its financial and technical opportunities.
Christian Clint presented all heads of NCs to the meeting participants
before going into the topic of “Determination of role” to discuss.
The following topic was “Role of NCs in media freedom” by head of the
India NC Ravi Narashimhan.
Information Department of
Azerbaijan National Committee of IPI