6th media conference on “Journalistic education, improvement of quality of education and new technology in the South Caucasian countries” has started in Tbilisi, Georgia on Thursday. Nearly 70 journalists joined the two-day conference, APA Georgian bureau reports.

The conference was organized on the initiative of the Office of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Chief of the international relations department of the Georgian parliament Akaki Minashvili delivered welcoming speech at the conference. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti said it was important for the journalists to get education abroad to gain experience. He said Tbilisi conference had significant importance for approaching of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists and it has arisen from the requirements of “people to people diplomacy”. According to Haraszti, Armenia and Georgia already adopted defamation law. “They informed me that Azerbaijan will also adopt defamation law soon”. The OSCE representative said this law was passed in the United Kingdom two days ago and some European countries have not yet adopted it.

The conference will adopt declaration in the end.

Chairman of Azerbaijan Press Council Aflatun Amashov, official of the Azerbaijan Presidential Administration Kamran Hasanov, members of the parliament Elmira Akhundova, Lala Abbasova, APA Director General Vusale Mahirgizi, head of News.az site Elnur Baimov and others are participating at the conference.