The activities of the Diasporan press have always been targeted at maintenance of nation and language, Shahan Kandaharian, the Editor-in-Chief of Azdak Beirut-based newspaper said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. "However, there are some urgent problems that need to be spoken about. It's not a secret that press is experiences hard times. New alternative media structures fill in the information space with comments and reviews. Furthermore, the number of readers decreases. Under the circumstances the mission of the Armenian press should be changed. With the help of electronic media information is quick to reach the audience. Three Armenian dailies are issued in Lebanon. These are Azdak (ARF Dashnaktsutyun), Zartonk (Ramkavar-Azatakan party) and Ararat (Hnchakyan party). When Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Lebanon we published a joint number dedicated to the Armenian Genocide. We also protested the presence of Turkish peacekeepers in Lebanon," he said.

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