(Prague, Czech Republic--December 3, 2001) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. has expanded its broadcasts in the Azeri, Persian and Turkmen languages, in the context of a general increase in RFE/RL's broadcasting presence in Central Asia.
"As part of RFE/RL's contribution to the war on terrorism, today we have increased by two hours the amount of broadcasting in Turkmen, added one and a half hours to our Azeri language broadcasts and an additional hour to our Persian broadcasts," said Thomas A. Dine, RFE/RL President.
Over the next two months, RFE/RL will phase in over twenty hours per day of expanded broadcasts in the Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek languages and expand Arabic broadcasts by Radio Free Iraq.
"As part of RFE/RL's contribution to the war on terrorism, today we have increased by two hours the amount of broadcasting in Turkmen, added one and a half hours to our Azeri language broadcasts and an additional hour to our Persian broadcasts," said Thomas A. Dine, RFE/RL President.
Over the next two months, RFE/RL will phase in over twenty hours per day of expanded broadcasts in the Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek languages and expand Arabic broadcasts by Radio Free Iraq.