Baku - APA. Latvia, which is holding the rotating presidency in the EU, will consider a possibility of creating a new Russian-language TV channel at the upcoming EU ministerial meeting scheduled for January 19, APA reports quoting TASS. The TV channel is intended for the Russian-speaking audience Eastern Partnership member states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus).
The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the issue.
“We’ve always taken a positive position on the freedom of speech. But the EU plans for creating a kind of counter-propaganda channel can hardly correspond to the concept of freedom of speech,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Meshkov told TASS.