Today the studio of Vestnik Kavkaza was visited by the director general of the Kazinform International News Agency, Dauren Diyarov, who arrived in Russia to attend the Forum of European and Asian Media (FEAM-2015) titled 'Sustainable partnership in an unstable world'. Dauren Diyarov spoke about the contacts with the Russian media and the media of the South Caucasus. In particular, he stressed that Kazakhstan is very interested in the position of Azerbaijan.
"Almost all major TV stations are distributed through cable TV, that is, Russian information is within walking distance for the Kazakhstan consumer. We have a lot of Russian newspapers, their local Kazakh subsidiaries: Komsomolskaya Pravda, Arguments and Facts and so on. This information is very interesting for us, because now we are parts of the Eurasian Union. Moreover, Kazakhstan is a initiator of integration, so we are following the processes in neighboring countries very closely," he said.
"Azerbaijanis are our fraternal people. Let me remind you that Turkic countries recently signed an agreement on the creation of a single TV channel. We, as a news agency, signed a similar agreement with Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey on the implementation of a joint information project. Azerbaijan, as part of the Caucasus, as our neighbor across the Caspian Sea, is important to us, and Azerbaijan's position is also very interesting for us," Dauren Diyarov noted.
Also, according to him, the Kazakh media is showing interest in Armenia and Georgia. "Armenia also joined the EEU and we are interested in its political and economic situation. We have very good relations with Georgia, but would like to establish a closer contact," the director general of Kazinform International News Agency noted.
Speaking of the FEAM-2015, Dauren Diyarov praised it as an effective tool for interaction. "We need to meet, talk, get to know each other's perspectives. It is called 'European and Asian media', because we are like two different continents, which are united in total impulse. In this regard, we are particularly interested in current Russia's position. The efficiency largely, of course, is depend on us. It is always very interesting to visit such forums," he said.
