1 February 2010
Belarus to develop press cooperation with Turkmenistan, Venezuela
MINSK, 1 February (BelTA) – International agreements on cooperation in the information area were signed between Belarus and Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in 2009, First Deputy Information Minister of Belarus Liliya Ananich said at a ministerial session on 29 January. The development of the international cooperation in the area of information and press is one of the overriding goals of the Information Ministry of Belarus. The ministry has already developed bilateral agreements in the area of information and press, first of all, with the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Belarus has been steadily developing this kind of cooperation with the Russian Federation. The two countries have worked on the 2007-2010 action plan to create the Union State single information space. The Information Ministry of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Communication and Mass Media of the Russian Federation has also drafted a new intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the area of television, radio broadcasting and press. Belarus has been developing information cooperation with the regions of Russia in line with the protocols on information and press cooperation as well as within the framework of the joint cooperation programs. Last year the Information Ministry of Belarus signed and implemented an action plan with the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee of Ukraine. The participation of the Belarusian and Ukrainian publishers, printing companies in the professional exhibitions, for instance, in the Minsk, Kiev international book fairs and the national exhibition of the Republic of Belarus in Odessa has boosted the cooperation between the two countries. The Republic of Kazakhstan was an honorary guest at the 16th Minsk International Book Fair. In 2009 Belarus took part as an honorary guest in the International Book Fair in Ashgabat.БЕЛТА