President Meets The Head Of IJS, And Affirms: Free Professional Media Is A Key Factor In Strengthening Democracy In The Country

Baghdad / NINA / - The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, affirmed that free professional media is a key factor in strengthening democracy in the country and evaluating the work of state institutions. During his meeting with the head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, the head of the Arab Journalists Union, Muayyad al-Lami, the President of the Republic stressed the need to strengthen professional and free media as a key factor in strengthening the path of democracy in the country, and the importance of providing a safe and stable environment for journalistic and media work that protects journalists and supports their tasks in informing public opinion of accurate information and enhancing their important role in evaluating the work of state institutions. For his part, al-Lami, gave an explanation of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate's work and efforts to develop media work, in addition to some issues facing media work, and the Syndicate's plans for the coming period to develop the reality of Iraqi journalists./End