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APA and BNE sign an agreement of cooperation -PHOTOSESSION

APA and BNE sign an agreement of cooperation -<font color=red>PHOTOSESSION</font>

12 March 2009 10:42 (UTC +04:00)

The main objective of the agreement is to achieve better recognition and dissemination of BNEâ€™s economic and analytical news products in Azerbaijan and publication of APAâ€™s social, economic and analytical articles on BNEâ€™s portal.
Ben Aris, Editor-in-chief of BNE, spoke of the weakly and monthly products, saying they also publish a monthly business magazine.
â€œState and private banks, insurers and other institutions based in Europe, Americas and Asia are among our major partners. BNE also has close cooperation with international financial institutions, such as the EBRD. In addition, we signed an agreement of cooperation with Marriott Hotel for the spread our magazines in its network of hotels. We have similar deals with airlines too,â€ he added.
Elena Arbuzova, BNEâ€™s Business Development Director, added that the main goal is to perform the coordinating function among investors and financial institutions in Eurasia.
â€œOur activities are not limited to the news portal and magazine, we also act as intermediary to allow businesses to communicate with investors. Our existing resources allow businesses, financial institutions, companies and others to inform potential investors of their operations and projects. Also, this is an opportunity for Azerbaijan-based companies and organizations to achieve international recognition,â€ she added.
According to her, APAâ€™s social and economic news articles, especially APA-Economics-branded articles will play important part in delivering information to European and CIS investors.
â€œAPA is our first and only partner in Azerbaijan. APA-Economics-branded news articles are posted on our news now,â€ she noted.
The parties also exchanged views on the prospects of future cooperation as well as joint activities.