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AMBASSADOR APPEALS REPORTERS TO BE CAREFUL
Panorama.am
14:41 01/10/2007
Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan alerted
representatives of mass media to be careful while writing about
the events in Lebanon. "You do not need to write translated news
even if it may be from the most respectful foreign mass media,"
Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan said. He believes it is better to have own
correspondents. Otherwise, he advised to consult experts in eastern
studies while speaking about the events in Lebanon.
In the words of the ambassador, it happens that the information
released by foreign mass media is not very accurate and mainly stems
from the interests of big superpowers. Ter-Ghevondyan appealed to
refrain from calling names and be critical when using other sources.
"We are 16 year old state and it is not a secret that we do not have
diplomatic relations with, let's say, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other
such countries, which create moods in the Islamic world and this
means about 1 billion 200 million people," the diplomat said also
saying that we do not have any problems with the mentioned states
and are ready to enter into very good relations but the problem is
that they do not approve it because of the principle of solidarity.
To bring such countries back to us, we must approach the problem very
carefully, Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan added also saying the mass media may
help our foreign agency, diplomats and ambassador by doing so.
Panorama.am
14:41 01/10/2007
Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan alerted
representatives of mass media to be careful while writing about
the events in Lebanon. "You do not need to write translated news
even if it may be from the most respectful foreign mass media,"
Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan said. He believes it is better to have own
correspondents. Otherwise, he advised to consult experts in eastern
studies while speaking about the events in Lebanon.
In the words of the ambassador, it happens that the information
released by foreign mass media is not very accurate and mainly stems
from the interests of big superpowers. Ter-Ghevondyan appealed to
refrain from calling names and be critical when using other sources.
"We are 16 year old state and it is not a secret that we do not have
diplomatic relations with, let's say, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other
such countries, which create moods in the Islamic world and this
means about 1 billion 200 million people," the diplomat said also
saying that we do not have any problems with the mentioned states
and are ready to enter into very good relations but the problem is
that they do not approve it because of the principle of solidarity.
To bring such countries back to us, we must approach the problem very
carefully, Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan added also saying the mass media may
help our foreign agency, diplomats and ambassador by doing so.