(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 26. The
popular international I24 NEWS TV channel has prepared an 18-minute
report about the life of modern Azerbaijan and its history,
trend reports.
The authors of the report noted that it was in
Azerbaijan that the first democratic republic in the Muslim world
was established in 1918. They mentioned that the Bolsheviks
[revolutionary socialist political party] seized the young
republic, and only in 1991 did Azerbaijan regain its
independence.
The article pays great attention to Azerbaijan's
friendship with Israel and the Jewish people, as well as covers the
international situation.
The journalists went to Zangilan, where they captured
Azerbaijani villages destroyed by the Armenian occupiers. Filming
was carried out on the border with Iran, near the Khudaferin
Bridge, as well as where the positions of the Azerbaijani army are
located, a village destroyed by Armenians, and mined territories,
where every step away from the road is fraught with death.
The report also tells about the difficult situation on
the border with Iran, Iran's unjustified threats against
Azerbaijan, the military exercises of the Iranian army on the
border with Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan's dignified, sustained, and
firm response. Azerbaijan's readiness to build good-neighborly
relations, while not allowing anyone to violate its sovereignty is
also noted in the report.
Obviously, much attention is paid in the report on the
Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The authors tell about the Armenian
occupation of 20 percent of sovereign Azerbaijan after the collapse
of the USSR, and Azerbaijan's victory and liberation of its
territories from occupation during the 44-day second Karabakh war
in 2020.
The report demonstrates the restoration of
territories, and the creation of 'smart villages' on the lands
turned into a desert by the Armenian occupiers. The video also
focuses on the huge number of mines set by Armenians in
Karabakh.
According to Roman Gurevich, Ambassador of the World
Jewish Agency in Azerbaijan, such a broadcast on a popular
international channel, which has millions of viewers in the US, the
Middle East, Asia, and other regions, is very important for further
strengthening the international image of Azerbaijan.
'Unfortunately, the world community is not really
concerned about the problems of our region or the matter of
justice. It has been like this for almost thirty years, and it
remains like this now. And this detailed, highly professional
report, which is shown on the I24news channel in English, French,
and Spanish to millions of viewers around the world, is very
important in terms of the media coverage of Azerbaijan's
realities,' he said.
The report also includes unique footage from the
'Heydar Aliyev' documentary, directed by Alexander Grich
(Gurevich). According to Roman Gurevich, it was fundamentally
important for the authors to show these shots in the report because
2023 is dedicated to the memory of the National Leader of
Azerbaijan.
'I would like to express my gratitude to brilliant
journalist Henrique Cymerman, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and
author of the report, who did wonderful work. It seems to me that
during the days spent in Baku and later, he learned and took to
heart the joys and anxieties of Azerbaijan. I am sure that we have
many more wonderful reports ahead of us, which will contribute to
strengthening the image of Azerbaijan in the world and further
bringing Israel and Azerbaijan closer together,' said Gurevich.