Armenian journalists stand against the background of the Armenian Church in Baku.
The names of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists who made reciprocal visits became known (UPDATED)
Baku / 23.11.19 / Turan: Today, Armenian media reported that Azerbaijan was visited by Shant TV columnist Artem Yerkanyan, editor-in-chief of Mediamax news agency David Alaverdyan and journalist of the Karabakh Public Television Edgar Elbakyan.
In addition to Baku, they also visited Ganja.
On the Azerbaijani side, the chief editor of the news agency Trend Elchin Valiev, the correspondent of 1news.az website Elshan Rustamov and the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza in Azerbaijan Orkhan Yelchuev visited Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. 06D—
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2019 November 23 (Saturday) 21:18:38
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on mutual visits of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists
Baku / 11/23/19 / Turan: Mutual visits of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists took place on November 17-21 during the organization of the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s press service said on Saturday.
According to her, Azerbaijani journalists visited Armenia, as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, including the city of Shusha.
Armenian journalists met in Baku with their Azerbaijani colleagues, representatives of NGOs, academia, as well as the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh. In addition, they visited Muslim, Christian and Jewish temples.
Note that the mutual visits of journalists of the two countries were kept in the strictest confidence and information was not disclosed not only about their program, but also about the composition of the delegations. —06D—
Politics
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