IRNA, Anadolu Agency discuss cooperation

Tehran, Feb 14, IRNA - Delegates of Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) paid a visit to the Ankara headquarters of Turkey's Anadolu Agency (AA). AA Deputy Director General Mustafa Ozkaya and Editor-in-Chief Metin Mutanoglu welcomed IRNA Managing Director, Mohammad Khodaddi and his delegation on Friday, an AA report said. The groups discussed ways to improve cooperation between both agencies. The IRNA delegation was also briefed on how AA functions as they visited the news agency’s different departments. Cooperation agreement Anadolu Agency signed a cooperation agreement with IRNA on Jan. 29, 2014, which includes the daily exchange of news and photographs in Turkish, Farsi and English between both organizations. The agreement aims to organize working relationships between the agencies' personnel. AA currently broadcasts in Turkish, Arabic, English, Russian, Kurdish, French, Albanian as well as Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian. The agency has divided its global network into five main regions as part of its centennial vision; the Americas, Europe, Middle East-Africa, Asia-Caucasus and Asia-Pacific.