Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Tehran: Hojjat-ul-Islam Wal-Muslimin Sayed Isa Hussaini Mazari, the general director of Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) met with Ali Naderi, CEO of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) yesterday Wednesday (December 21).
In this meeting, Hussaini Mazari said that IRNA news agency is one of the very good news agencies in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has dealt more realistically with the issues of Afghanistan and has covered the issues of our country very well.
He stated that the current situation in Afghanistan is far better than in the past 20 years, and pointed out that in the past 20 years, the United States and its allies have committed large-scale killings and many crimes in our country, but the "silent killing" of the United States in the soft war in The socio-cultural spheres in Afghanistan are far deeper and more painful than the killing of 170 thousand citizens of the country during this period.
This media activist pointed out that today, describing some problems in structures and policies in Afghanistan, the state of society is far better than during the rule of the American republic, but the international and regional media reflect most of the negative and blind spots, even at the level of Iranian media, while there have been good developments in the spiritual, cultural, social, economic, political and military fields that are not reflected.
He emphasized that the existence of a positive media approach to Afghanistan in the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the one hand, will help to ensure more stability in our country, and on the other hand, it will be the basis for the return of elites to Afghanistan. Following the developments of last year, thousands of the country's elite left Afghanistan with the encouragement and support of America and the West.
Hussaini Mazari pointed out that Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), as the first private and international news agency of Afghanistan, has always been critical during the 20 years of the American Republic, but in the current situation, besides reflecting positive points, it also criticizes and offers solutions.
He continued that this news agency is a capable and thoughtful news agency that always moves in the right direction and its news is used in 127 countries.
The general director of AVA stated that this news agency has a memorandum of cooperation with IRNA news agency, and called for increasing communication and cooperation in various scientific and technical fields to use mutual capacities.
He stated that today's situation in Afghanistan is a very suitable opportunity for more serious interaction between the media of both sides.
According to Hussaini Mazari, today's media restrictions in Afghanistan do not go back to the Islamic Emirate, but most of the media that have been stopped were either under the financial and intellectual support of America and the West, or were vulgar, or were partisan, or that the officials and forces of these media, to Following the preparation of the grounds for leaving the country, they left Afghanistan and their media was stopped.
He added that Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) is still present in Afghanistan and there is a need to strengthen the cooperation and presence of Iranian media in this country. The atmosphere of Afghanistan has the capacity to accept Iranian media and we also welcome the stronger presence of Iranian media in the country and are ready to cooperate. AVA news agency offices in Tehran, Mashhad and Qom are also ready to cooperate in the field of issues related to immigrants.
IRNA establishes a special news agency in Afghanistan
Following this meeting, Mr. Ali Naderi, CEO of IRNA news agency, while welcoming Hussaini Mazari, emphasized that according to the positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the issue of Afghanistan; The internal developments of this country as well as the issue of immigrants are of high priority and importance for IRNA news agency.
For this reason, he added, IRNA news agency has decided to activate its own news agency in Afghanistan, which is being planned and we hope it will start working in the coming months. In this context, we will seek to establish an office and hire a reporter in different cities of Afghanistan, and in this context, we request the cooperation of Afghan Voice Agency (AVA).
He said that IRNA's effort was to reflect the realities in Afghanistan and not be biased or confrontational.
Naderi also called for increasing interactions and cooperation between the two media, in the field of developments inside Afghanistan and also at the level of immigrants living in Iran.