By Aygun Baliyarli

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 30. Uzbekistan and
Azerbaijan are strengthening their media cooperation, Head of
Sector of the Department of Communications of the Administration of
the President of Uzbekistan Dilshod Saidzhanov told Trend on the sidelines of
the 2nd Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Media Forum.

According to him, sharing experiences and joint projects are
becoming key areas of partnership.

“The heads of state of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan laid the
foundation for our relations and elevated them to the level of
allies. We, information professionals, media regulators,
journalists, and media outlets, must build on this foundation and
build our own floors upon it,” Saidzhanov noted.

He emphasized the importance of the roadmaps agreed upon between
the Uzbek side and the Azerbaijan Media Development Agency.

“We have established a tradition of holding media forums. The
first forum in Tashkent was a success. We discovered that we have
much to learn from each other. Azerbaijan has its own unique
experience—complex, but very useful and practical,” he

Saidzhanov added that sharing experiences and discussing
practical cases helps improve media regulations and laws.

“We, for our part, also share our experience. There are
approximately 2,400 media outlets in Uzbekistan, and regulation in
this area, interaction, and dissemination of information to ensure
both freedom of speech and the openness of government agencies are
very important to us,” the official said.

He also announced the development of new joint initiatives.

“We proposed that the Media Development Agency sign a memorandum
with the Center for National Content Production under the
Administration of the President of Uzbekistan. Under the
memorandum, we will continue holding media forums, conducting
training for press secretaries, and organizing media tours to
better acquaint Uzbek audiences with the history, culture, and
tourist destinations of Azerbaijan.

We want Azerbaijan to know more about Khiva, Samarkand, Bukhara,
Termez, Tashkent, and the culture of Uzbekistan in general,” he

He concluded by emphasizing that synergistic collaboration is
particularly critical in the paradigm of digital transformation and
the integration of emergent technologies within the media

The Media Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
functions as a public legal entity, having been instituted in the
year 2021. The agency is strategically positioned to enhance the
media landscape within the nation, elevate the competency of
journalistic practitioners, and optimize the informational

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