TIRANA, December 9 /ATA/-General Director of ATA Armela Krasniqi signed a memorandum of understanding with President of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Hussein for cooperation and exchange of news between the two agencies.
The memorandum was signed during a meeting held at SPA headquarters in Riyadh between Al-Hussein and the Director General of the ATA.
Attending the event was SPA Vice President Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Awadh.
During the meeting, Krasniqi informed the president of the Saudi agency with the aftermath of Albania quake and the priceless aid of the international community. She highlighted the role of agreements like this which she appreciated as important windows for information of the public opinion of the respective countries.
Krasniqi also visited the Saudi ministry for the Media where she got acquainted with the new technologies used in this sector.
President of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Hussein made a brief résumé of the work of the institution he heads and focused especially on the social media which according to him consists of a new instrument of being close to the public opinion.
Following the meeting, ATA’s Director Armela Krasniqi guided by Al-Hussein, toured SPA departments, including the editing desk, e-media, photographing department, TV production and media center, where she was briefed on the mechanisms of work.
ATA’s Director Krasniqi invited her Saudi counterpart for a working visit to Albania.
This is the third agreement that ATA signs with the SPA following the agreements with the Polish news agency PAP in January and the Romanian news agency Agerpress in November of the current year./p.s./
