Delegations from Iran and Belarus to participate in the Caspian Media Forum-2024

On August 16 and 17, Astrakhan will host the 9th Caspian Media Forum 2024, dedicated to the theme “Dialogue of cultures as the basis for the development of the Caspian region". TV BRICS is the international media partner for the event.

This year, the forum will be attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and others. The main venue of the event will be the Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

The programme of the event includes plenary sessions and discussions, during which such topics as the development of digital technologies in art and media, new life of traditional art and cinema as a universal language of communication, as well as examples of cultural and historical unity in the Eurasian space will be discussed.

The Forum was organised by the Government of the Astrakhan region, the Aministrative Directorate of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Digital Development, Connections, and Mass Communications of Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Ministry of Culture of Russia, with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States, the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, the Centre for International and Socio-Political Research, and the North-South Political Science Centre.

Every year, the media forum, whose history dates back to 2014, is attended by representatives of the journalistic community, authorities, scientists and political scientists, media specialists, experts and leaders of public organisations from various countries.

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