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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev chosen â€œThe friend of journalistsâ€

22 December 2010 14:46 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijani Committee for Protection of Journalists told APA that 30 daily, 19 weekly newspapers, 2 magazines, 11 information agencies, 13 journalist organizations, 8 information portals, 7 TV and 3 radio channels participated in the survey. The daily newspapers, TV channels and information agencies were given two questionnaires, other media outlets and journalist organizations were given one questionnaire. The respondents were asked to answer the question â€œWhich public, political figure, official do you consider the friend of journalists in 2010?â€.

81 percent of the respondents considered that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev deserves the prize â€œThe friend of journalistsâ€. According to the results of the survey, President of Azercell Telekom LLC Ali Aghan took the second place with 6 percent of votes, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov the third place with 5 percent of votes.

According to the regulations of the prize, the persons having special merits in the development of media can become laureates.

The main aim of instituting the prize â€œThe friend of journalistsâ€ is to improve the principles of freedom of expression and information in the society, assist in strengthening the relations of media with state bodies, private organizations, public unions and political parties.

The prize, which was instituted in 1997, was last presented to Heydar Aliyev in 2002.