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Baku, November 20 AZERTAC

Head of Photo Service of Russian TASS News Agency Konstantin Leyfer has visited Azerbaijan State News Agency to meet its Director Aslan Aslanov.

They discussed developing ties between both agencies in the field of photo service. The sides highlighted the support of the two agencies within the international organizations.

The sides described the fact that broadcast of photo news of TASS and AZERTAC during Baku 2015 First European Games, as well as placing the photos in websites of both news agencies as a sign of efficient cooperation.

They stressed ranking a project of Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC) the fifth in a contest conducted among the member agencies of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). According to results of "Perfectness" contest, which was held among 44 agencies from 35 countries, Korean Yonhap became the first, while Turkish Anadolu Agency second, Russian TASS third, and Chinese Xinhua fourth.

They highlighted the necessity of holding the wide experience exchange and joint projects, as well as further deepening the cooperation for keeping up the competitive conditions of the social media boom.

Head of Photo Service of Russian TASS News Agency Konstantin Leyfer held master class for the employees of AZERTAC.

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