TASS signs memorandum of cooperation with Algeria's leading news agency
The heads of the news agencies, Andrey Kondrashov and Samir Gaid, agreed to arrange staff exchanges so employees could share best practices.
TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov and Algeria Press Service Director General Samir Gaid have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the sidelines of the second Russia-Africa Media Forum.
Under the memorandum, the sides agree to engage in comprehensive information collaboration, including covering each other's events and combining efforts in the area of the latest media technologies on a mutually beneficial basis.
The heads of the news agencies agreed to arrange staff exchanges so employees could share best practices.
The Algeria Press Service is a government-owned news agency of Algeria, which provides domestic and international news to the press, radio and television in the country.
The second Media Forum is part of the program of the second Russia-Africa summit, which is taking place in St. Petersburg from July 27-28. Its motto - For Peace, Security and Development – has been inherited from the previous summit. The events have been organized by the Roscongress Foundation.
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