Ilham Aliyev receives the Director of BBC Global News
Today the President Ilham Aliyev received the executive director of BBC Global News, Jim Egan. The guest spoke about the work of his structure and its international cooperation. Aliyev, for his part, stressed the importance of an objective and unbiased coverage of history and culture of Azerbaijan, the processes in the country. The sides exchanged views on the prospects of cooperation, the press service of the head of state. In 2009 the Azerbaijani authorities banned the BBC broadcast on local frequencies. At the same time, broadcast of "Voice of America" and "Radio Liberty". Were discontinued, and later BBC offices in Baku were closed.
According to authorities, the reason for the closure of the foreign radio stations became interfere in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan. Although it was officially stated that the broadcasting of foreign radios on local frequencies was provided by the legislation. -16D-
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