Ulaanbaatar
ASEF Editors’ Roundtable held
映像On July 7, the 8th ASEF Editors’ Roundtable Meeting, one of the side events of the ASEM11 Summit, opened in Ulaanbaatar with around 30 media delegates from more than 20 ASEM member countries.
The meeting is being organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the Confederation of Mongolian Journalists.
The opening ceremony was attended by Mr Zhang Yang, Executive Director of ASEF, Mr L.Purevsuren, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr Torben Stephan, Director of Media Programme Asia at Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung.
In his opening remarks, Mongolian Foreign minister said that Mongolia is a country respecting freedom of press and expression. “With greater penetration of information technologies in our life, we have turned even more dependent on them. Mongolia has become one of the countries in the region that are leading by the use of digital technology and internet per capita” Mr Purevsuren emphasized.
The agenda of the meeting covers Asia-Europe Digital Connectivity Survey, the relevance and role of media as a major stakeholder, global stories through local stories, opportunities for connectivity, new audiences and ways to improve Asia-Europe Social Discussion under the theme ‘Asia-Europe Digital Connectivity’.
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