Baku: Michael Hackett, Counselor for Public Affairs at the United States Embassy in Azerbaijan, along with Anthony Dean Tranchina, Press Attach© and Spokesperson, and Vugar Abdusalimov, Public Relations and Communications Specialist, visited the Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC) on Friday. The visit included a tour of the agency’s photo archive and a museum exhibition showcasing the technical equipment used by AZERTAC over the years.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, the U.S. embassy delegation was informed about AZERTAC’s operations, including its milestone celebrations this year marking the 150th anniversary of the Azerbaijani national press and AZERTAC’s 105th anniversary. AZERTAC maintains partnership relations with over 50 news agencies worldwide and operates correspondent bureaus in various countries, including the United States.
During the visit, Michael Hackett expressed his gratitude, emphasizing their close monitoring of AZERTAC’s professionalism and highlighting the agency’s role in the Azerbaijani press. The embassy representatives also toured AZERTAC’s editorial offices and learned about the agency’s multilingual news services, which include Azerbaijani, Russian, English, German, French, Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish. They also post photo and video news on their information resources.
The visit concluded with a tribute to AZERTAC’s martyred journalist Maharram Ibrahimov, where the guests were briefed about his life and contributions to journalism in Azerbaijan.