AKIPRESS.COM - The 10th NATO-supported Summer Academy takes place in Romit, Tajikistan from 4 to 14 July. This year's theme was “Central Asia after 2014 and beyond: regional development and stabilization process”.

The event brings together students from Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Russia, and offers students the opportunity to take part in interactive seminars and English-language discussion groups with leading Tajik experts and foreign diplomats on international security-related issues, the press service of the organization reported.

Earlier, NATO’s Liaison Officer for Central Asia, Alexander Vinnikov, visited Tajikistan. He delivered a presentation during the Academy’s opening session on the Alliance’s engagement with partners in Central Asia and answered students' questions about NATO's future, Afghanistan and Ukraine.

Summer Academy is organized by the non-governmental organization Vector Intellect with the support of NATO and of the Embassy of France, NATO’s Contact Point Embassy in Tajikistan.