In the opening ceremony of the website, held in AA Tehran office, the Turkish ambassador said that the launching of the website was a major step, because in media world today the media play a major role in relations among nations and governments.
'It is not right for the regional nations to pursue the regional developments through Western and Eastern news agencies and the Anadolu Agency's launching of this website contributes to more precise understanding of the Iranian and Turkish nations of each other.'
The Turkish news agency wrote in its English website that Persian becomes Anadolu Agency's ninth language service in line with its goal of expanding its global news network.
The inclusion of the new service brings the agency's broadcasting languages to nine, including Turkish, English, Arabic, French, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Russian, Kurdish, and Albanian.
Anadolu Agency (@anadoluagency), has been meticulous in its preparations for the launch of the Persian service, taking into consideration the social, cultural, historical, economic and geostrategic significance for Turkey of the Persian-speaking countries, which include Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, it said.
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