ASHGABAT -- Twenty-five Turkmen law enforcement and military personnel May 31 finished an eight-day-long course on protecting large public events from terrorism, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said in a statement that day.
Personnel from the Defence, National Security and Interior ministries, State Border Service, State Migration Service and General Prosecutor's Office attended the Ashgabat workshop.
Instructors from Turkey taught the personnel about "crisis/hostage negotiations, practices of responding to hostage incidents and applying optimal negotiation tools".