In recent years, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev’s appearance in front of the public in different formats attracts attention. One of these formats is the consultations held by the President on the socio-economic field. Unlike before, only the leaders of relevant institutions participate in such meetings; The format has become more attractive and more successful.
Publika.az reports that Honored journalist Elman Babayev wrote these words on his personal “Facebook” account.
He noted that another format is meetings held on the lines of ADA University.
“The President, who is in open communication with influential foreign experts and representatives of think tanks, who participated here, conveys Azerbaijan’s position to the whole world in several languages.
Another of the most successful formats is, without a doubt, interviews of the President on local television channels. These interviews, first of all, are an indication of the value and appreciation the President gives to the Azerbaijani media. If this were not the case, the President would not have needed to contact the local media in this way again, taking into account that he clarified the issues facing the country in the aforementioned formats or at separate events.
Someone can put forward certain ideas to overshadow this successful form of dialogue with the Azerbaijani people and the world through the media. But the reality is that the friendly environment created by the President, the existence of a completely open atmosphere, allows us to ask questions about the agenda and future of our country. In the very last interview, Azerbaijani society spoke from the first person about the extraordinary presidential elections, the country’s present day, future plans, the solution to the Karabakh problem, the signing of the peace treaty, the Zangezur corridor, France and other countries that have a prejudice against Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan-Turkey friendship and other issues. could get complete information. It is true that the President constantly expresses his opinion on issues related to Azerbaijan at different levels. But these are more messages that should be delivered to the international world. The President’s interview on local television channels has a special weight in terms of the messages addressed to the society of Azerbaijan, a kind of President’s report to the people.
On the other hand, this format is a clear example of the openness of the President to the media. Azerbaijani society, including the world, witnessed this in the 44-day Patriotic War. President Ilham Aliyev created a rare example of dialogue with the people and the world through the media during the Patriotic War. Until now, even now, it is impossible to find such an example that the Commander-in-Chief of a warring country works actively on both levels in this way. In the Patriotic War, the whole world saw not only the Leader who commanded the war at the front, but also the Leader who fought at the diplomatic level, which was no less important than at the front. Every day of the Patriotic War, the Supreme Commander entered into a direct dialogue with the people, shared tweets, made appeals, and on the other hand gave interviews to the international media. Ilham Aliyev, who laid the foundation of an unparalleled example on the front of diplomatic and information war, managed to break through the information blockade against Azerbaijan. During the war and after the war, through influential media, he answered the toughest questions in their own language, and conveyed historical truths to the world public with evidence and facts. During this period, our head of state demonstrated true diplomacy, eloquence, awareness, and iron logic in about 30 interviews with the world’s leading media organizations. President Ilham Aliyev destroyed Armenia’s propaganda, which poisoned the international community for decades, unhesitatingly spoke the truth about the conflict and the war, and proved with facts who was the invader and who was the invaded. Each of those interviews is a diplomatic success of Azerbaijan. It was this struggle conducted through the media that played an important role in preventing the attempt of biased pressure against our country by international organizations.
Although the war is over and Azerbaijan’s sovereignty has been fully restored, we cannot be complacent. As the President emphasized this in an interview with local television channels and conveyed important messages to the society. The attacks and dirty plans of the forces that do not want Azerbaijan with a victorious, fully independent policy and a strong leader are still continuing. President Ilham Aliyev, who overcame all these with great diplomatic skill, is able to take advantage of the opportunities and power of both local and foreign media with the same skill. On the one hand, he reports to the people, on the other hand, he conveys the necessary ideas to the forces against Azerbaijan. Finally, it imposes individual responsibility on the officials, and the assigned tasks create specific work demands in the direction of the reforms. The result of all this is one – internal results and victories for the benefit of the people and the state!”
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