Foreign media
Arabic media outlets highlight Azerbaijan’s just position
The Patriotic War, which was provoked by Armenia on September 27 and is ongoing with the triumphant march of the Azerbaijani Army, has been widely covered by the Arabic media since the first day.
The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Egypt regularly informs local media outlets about the ongoing Patriotic War. Egyptian newspapers, news portals, and TV channels regularly cover Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s appeals to the nation and his interviews with the world’s leading TV channels, the remarks by Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department, as well as the statements by Azerbaijan’s ministries of defense and foreign affairs. Azerbaijani Ambassador Tural Rzayev also regularly gives interviews to Egyptian journalists. To date, the Embassy of Azerbaijan has contributed to the publication of more than 100 news releases in Arabic language by Egyptian media outlets.
Several Egyptian journalists and political scientists published articles on Azerbaijan’s just position in local media outlets.
In the first days of the war, Azerbaijani diaspora organizations in Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates made statements in the media of those countries.
Moreover, Egyptian, UAE, Saudi, and Jordanian media outlets publish interviews with Azerbaijani diplomats. The influential TV channels Al-Arabiya, Al Jazeera, and I24 News Arabic aired reports highlighting Azerbaijan’s righteous positions and published the interview with UAE Ambassador Mahir Aliyev.