The agreement was signed by MNA Director General Reza Moghadasi and AGERPRES Director General Alexanderu Ion Giboi.
According to the agreement the two sides will publish some of each other’s cultural, social, national, and international reports, organize joint cultural programs, share photos, exchange media delegations, and hold training courses.
The AGERPRES is the only national news agency of Romania , which disseminates news in English. Founded in 1889 at the initiative of Foreign Minister Petre P. Carp, it is the oldest news agency of this European country and has the largest archive of photographs in Romania .
Headquartered in Bucharest , AGERPRES is a member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA). It has signed cooperation agreement with over 30 leading news agencies across the globe, such as Reuters, AFP, AP, Xinhua, EFE ( Spain ), Kyodo ( Japan ), Itar-Tass ( Russia ), APA ( Australia ) and Yonhap ( South Korea ).
Established in 2003, the Mehr News Agency (MNA) also releases news and photos in 6 languages: Persian, English, German, Arabic, Turkish, and Urdu. It also joined OANA in 2007.
To exchange news and photos, MNA has so far signed contracts with more than 18 foreign news agencies including the Japanese Kyodo News Agency, the Spanish EFE, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency, the Russian Interfax Ltd, the Press Trust of India (PTI), Korea's YONHAP, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the Turkish Cihan News Agency, Malaysia’s BERNAMA, Indonesia’s ANTARA, the Azerbaijani Trend News Agency, Mongolia’s MONTSAME, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), and the Philippines News Agency (PNA).
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