OANA sec-gen meets IRNA chief

Managing Director of IRNA Mohammad Ja’far Behdad held talks with his Indonesian counterpart Ahmad Mukhlis Yusuf, who is also Secretary General of OANA, on fostering cooperation between the two countries’ news agencies, it was reported here on Monday.

The chief of the Islamic Republic News Agency called in the meeting for creating a united front formed by the news agencies of the Islamic countries to fight news invasion by the Western media.

Behdad also urged promotion of IRNA-ANTARA bilateral cooperation.

Meanwhile, ANTARA (Indonesian News Agency) chief appreciated Iran’s media achievements that have been gained since the triumph of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.

The secretary general of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies also hailed IRNA’s active participation in holding of the OANA meetings in Tehran.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) is the first Iranian member of OANA.

The OANA meetings opened Sunday in Tehran with a speech by Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini.

The OANA 31st Executive Board Meeting (EBM) and the 25th Editorial-Technical Experts Group (ETEG) Meeting are being hosted by the Mehr News Agency in Tehran with theme of “A Quest for Global Media Balancing.”

Forty news officials of 18 regional news agencies from different states have taken part in the OANA meetings.

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