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Azeri Press Agency and Stratfor sign Memorandum of Understanding

08 October 2009 13:41 (UTC +04:00)

It was agreed that both entities will provide each other with information on demand, contribute to the deeper understanding of the region and the processes taking place in the Caucasus.

Stratforâ€™s CEO George Friedman commented on the importance of the corporation saying that â€œFor STRATFOR it will give us a deeper understanding of both Azerbaijan and the region. Most American media pay little attention to the region and understand it very little. STRATFOR sees Azerbaijan and the region as crucial to understanding the dynamics of understanding the global system. The countries are small, but their significance is not. So for us, this relationship promises to increase our insight and our ability to transmit the reality of Azerbaijan to our readers around the worldâ€.
General Director of APA news agency, Vusala Mahirqizi emphasized that collaboration with â€œSTRATFORâ€ has significant importance for APA: â€œTo cooperate with the global intelligence company â€œSTRATFORâ€ is a big achievement for APA. â€œSTRATFORâ€ is famous for its precise forecasts and has a serious image in Caucasus. Therefore, we are delighted to enrich from their reports related to the region and neighboring countries. We are confident that in first place our readers will benefit enormously from the mentioned cooperationâ€.
â€œSTRATFORâ€ was founded by Dr. George Friedman in 1996. STRATFOR is privately owned and has its headquarters in Austin, TX. STRATFOR is the worldâ€™s leading online publisher of geopolitical intelligence. The company provides published intelligence and customized intelligence service for private individuals, global corporations, and divisions of the US and foreign governments around the world.
Azeri-Press Agency (APA) LLC was founded in 2004, and is an independent, private information agency. The agency issues online news in Azerbaijani, Russian, English, French and Arabic. APA covers important developments all over the world, especially in Azerbaijan and South Caucasus. The agency has APA-News, APA-Economics, APA-Sport, APA-Photo departments. Along with daily news, the agency offers video footage, bank rankings, weekly and monthly analyses, forecasts and special photo archive.