Nov 2, 2011, 4:06 PM

MNA signs cooperation deal with Cuba’s Prensa Latina

MNA signs cooperation deal with Cuba’s Prensa Latina

TEHRAN, Nov. 2 (MNA) -- The Mehr News Agency (MNA) signed a news cooperation agreement with Cuba’s official Prensa Latina (PL) on Tuesday.

The agreement was inked by MNA Director General Reza Moghadasi and PL President Luis Enrique Gonzalez Acosta.

Under the cooperation deal, the two sides will exchange news, exchange media delegations, and hold training courses.

Founded in 1959, the PL has 40 international bureaus.

Headquartered in Havana, the Cuban multimedia news agency disseminates news in 6 languages of Spanish, English, Italian, Russian, Turkish, and Portuguese.

The Prensa Latina is also an important publishing house producing over 30 periodic publications.

Established in 2003, the Mehr News Agency (MNA) also releases news and photos in 7 languages: Persian, English, Russian, 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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