DUSHANBE, July 5, 2012, Asia-Plus — The World Media Summit entitled “World Media: Challenges of the 21st Century” opened in Moscow on Thursday.
The Russian news agency Itar-Tass is the organizer of the forum and according to Itar-Tass, it has brought together an unprecedented number of delegates – more than 300 top executives of 213 mass media bodies from 103 countries.
Among participants in the forum are directors and chief editors of such world’s leading news agencies as the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters, NBC, Al Jazeera, Kyodo, Xinhua, and MENA as well as heads of international organizations, including UNESCO, and a delegation from the European Parliament.
