AKIPRESS.COM - Ten high level-officers from the State Border Service of Turkmenistan took part in a roundtable meeting that took place today. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat in cooperation with the State Border Service of Turkmenistan to assess the needs of the national border guards with the aim of enhancing their border patrol capacities.

This roundtable discussion was designed to align the OSCE’s planned training curriculum on border patrol capacities in 2016 to the current needs of the State Border Service.

Experts from the OSCE Secretariat and OSCE Office in Tajikistan shared best practices in implementing similar projects in other OSCE participating States. The OSCE Center in Ashgabat also invited experienced international trainers to assist in identifying the needs and further elaborating the patrol training curriculum.

“This roundtable offers an excellent platform for all involved parties to discuss future cooperation that will contribute to addressing the needs of the host Government in strengthening national border patrol capacities,” said Richard Wheeler, Officer-in-Charge of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat. “We are more than confident that providing technical and other support to the State Border Service of Turkmenistan serves our common goal to maintain regional security within the Central Asia region and beyond.”