The event will be held on October 23 and 24 in Turkey’s Istanbul.
The session, organized by the Anadolu news agency, will be attended by 32 representatives from 15 news agencies, according to TASS.
Mehr News Agency will attend the meeting as a member of the technical committee.
Three Iranian news agencies – Mehr News, Fars News and Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) are members of the organization.
The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies is an association of news agencies from UNESCO member states in the Asia-Pacific region. It was previously known as the Organization of Asian News Agencies. It was formed in 1961 on UNESCO’s initiative.
The organization covering two-thirds of the world population has now 43 members from 35 countries in Asia and Oceania.
Iran, as a long-standing member, was the rotating president from 1997 to 2000.
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