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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Boao, Hainan Province, December 3 (Xinhua) — The 57th meeting of the executive committee of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) was held on Wednesday in Boao, Hainan Province, southern China. The meeting focused on journalist safety and cooperation in advanced technologies.
In his opening speech, Fu Hua, Director General of China's Xinhua News Agency, called on OANA members to promote regional partnerships based on mutual trust, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, and to provide truthful and reliable news to help the world better understand the region.
Fu Hua expressed Xinhua's readiness to strengthen cooperation in the field of advanced technologies and, together with other OANA members, promote scientific and technological developments and facilitate their implementation.
OANA President Andrey Kondrashov, who is also the CEO of the Russian news agency TASS, called for the collective use of artificial intelligence resources to combat fake news and disseminate reliable information.
He also noted the importance of creating more reliable and secure mechanisms to protect journalists.
During the meeting, the executive committee approved the membership of the Mongolian news agency Montsame in the OANA and adopted a joint statement on the safety of journalists.
According to the joint statement, the protection of journalists is the responsibility not only of professional media, but of the entire global community.
The statement noted that OANA members will continue their mission to provide truthful news, support the training of their colleagues in security skills, and defend the principle of objective information without which the world cannot be truly fair and safe.
OANA's predecessor, the Organization of Asian News Agencies, was established in December 1961 in Thailand. OANA's purpose is to promote the direct and free exchange of news and information in the Asia-Pacific region and to strengthen cooperation among its members and with news agencies worldwide.
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