Mr. Salem Thabet Al-Awlaki, Chairman of the National Southern Media Authority, met today, Monday, at the authority’s headquarters in the capital, Aden, with an elite group of journalists and media professionals from the south, during which the latest developments in the situation in the south and the role of media professionals at this stage were discussed.

At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Al-Awlaki stressed that the south is currently going through an exceptional phase that requires the concerted efforts of everyone, including journalists and media professionals, and playing their national role in the face of the developments and challenges of the phase, reviewing the existing efforts to bring peace and the position of the Southern Transitional Council regarding the issue of the people of the south and its centrality in any political process.< /p>

Professor Al-Awlaki pointed out that the south after the first southern consultative meeting is not the same as before, and that there are upcoming stages of national action to strengthen southern national cohesion and continue the structuring process in the transitional council bodies in the military and security aspects.. He called on the southern media to keep pace with these developments and to embody them. In his media speech on an ongoing basis.

Professor Al-Awlaki stressed the importance of communication and southern dialogue in behavior and practice, and belief in pluralism, a culture of difference, and acceptance of the other on the basis of building the southern homeland.

The Chairman of the Commission listened to the opinions and suggestions of the attendees, which embodied their interaction with the southern political and media scene, ways to improve and develop media performance, and their ambition to advance the southern media discourse to meet the challenges of this stage and deal with the upcoming entitlements in an objective and positive manner.