IRNA Managing Director Ali Naderi (Photo courtesy of IRNA)
TEHRAN – As the world slowly recover from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), media cooperation between news agencies continue to play an important role in fostering amity and cooperation and providing balanced and objective news in the Asia Pacific region, according to the top official of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Monday.
This was the message of IRNA Managing Director Ali Naderi in his welcome remarks during the opening of the 18th meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) at the Parsian Azadi Hotel here.
As a long-standing member of OANA, Naderi welcomed the participants, adding that Iran has already presided the annual meeting of the collegiate body during its hosting from 1997 to 2000.
"Today is a good opportunity for the representatives of prominent news agencies present in Tehran for the OANA meeting to observe the conditions in Iran," Naderi said.
He added that the Islamic Republic has been under unfair sanctions for years and the media can fight such bans but did not elaborate much.
IRNA is the incoming chair of OANA after the three-year chairmanship of Yonhap News Agency of the Republic of Korea.
OANA covers two-thirds of the world population has now 44 members from 35 countries in Asia and Oceania.
The group currently has 44 members from 35 countries in Asia and Oceania that promotes news cooperation, people-to-people exchange, and expertise in the field of journalism to provide balanced, fair and objective news. (PNA)
