Presidential Aide, head of the department of social and political affairs at the Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov made remarks at the meeting with the members of the News Agencies World Council in Baku, APA reports.
Hasanov said that democratic republic established in Azerbaijan was occupied by Soviet Russia 95 years ago, but tradition of journalism also developed and professional journalism was formed in Azerbaijan in the Soviet period.
“In 1991, after Azerbaijan gained its independence, the national media began to integrate into global information space, free media was formed in the country. Works are being consistently carried out within the “Concept for State support for the development of media in Azerbaijan” adopted in 2008 to form free and democratic press in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani media is fully free, and journalists discuss any issue. 40 daily newspapers are published, more than 5 000 media outlets and 20 agencies are operating in the country. There is a free internet access that also contributes to the expansion of social media. More than 70 percent of the population is Internet users,” the PA department head noted.
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