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Turkmenistan|life|September 23, 2016 / 09:18 AM
Fostering dialogue through cross-border training for young Afghan, Turkmen diplomats in Vienna

AKIPRESS.COM - OSCE in ViennaAt the invitation of the German Federal Foreign Office, 11 young diplomats from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iran visited the OSCE in Vienna on September 22 in order to gain better knowledge and understanding of the world’s largest regional security organization and meet representatives of the German OSCE Chairmanship and of the OSCE Secretariat. Prior to their visit, the group attended a day-long OSCE workshop in Berlin. Turkmenistan is an OSCE participating state, while Afghanistan is an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation.

"It is important to promote contacts and networking between young diplomats from different countries, even if they come from far away”, said Ambassador Ortwin Hennig, Program Director of the Training for Diplomats from Afghanistan and the Region.

“In an increasingly interconnected world, we need to foster cooperation and dialogue between neighbors everywhere, including beyond Europe. Talking to each other is a precondition for achieving peaceful solutions to problems,” he said.

In Vienna, the group was welcomed by Ambassador Marcel Peško, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center. He emphasized the important role of the OSCE in shaping Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security, and pointed to ongoing divisions and the need to use the OSCE’s potential in one common forward-looking agenda, including with regard to the Central Asian region. “... we need to expand the Organization’s role in addressing current security threats, such as radicalization, terrorism and irregular migration,” said Peško noting the need to build a global coalition to deal with these challenges.

Briefings on the work of the German OSCE Chairmanship, conflict prevention and the organization’s economic and environmental activities completed the OSCE module of the Vienna program.

For these young diplomats, the visit was a opportunity to improve not only their skills in various areas of diplomacy such as negotiating and public speaking, but also in getting to know other cultures. Maral Rakhimova, a young diplomat from the Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry, said that they benefited not only from being better acquainted with Germany and international organizations but also from meeting other participants and learning about their countries.

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