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OSCE Centre in Ashgabat promotes security of weapon and ammunition stockpiles
Publishing date: 24 September 2010
ASHGABAT, 24 September 2010- More than 30 officers from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Defence took part in an OSCE-organized training course on stockpile management and security of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition...
OSCE holds workshop on managing surplus arms and ammunition in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Arms control
ASHGABAD, 28 November 2008- Effective stockpile management and securing small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA) were the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad helps train border security officials on checkpoint and x-ray interpretation
Publishing date: 30 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Border management, Education
ASHGABAD, 30 May 2008- How to spot prohibited items at security checks was the focus of a two-week checkpoint and x-ray interpretation instructor course that concluded today in Ashgabad...
OSCE Centre organizes training course in Germany for Turkmenistan arms control officers
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
ASHGABAD, 18 December 2007- Six arms control officers from the Turkmenistan Defence Ministry completed a training course in Germany today on implementing the OSCE Vienna Document on Confidence and Security-Building Measures...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes workshop on combating illicit arms trade
Publishing date: 7 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 7 November 2006- A two-day workshop on combating illicit arms trade, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad and Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry, ended today in Ashgabad...
OSCE Centre holds workshop in Ashgabad on combating illicit spread of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 3 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 3 November 2006- Ways to identify and trace small arms and light weapons, including man portable air defence systems, are being discussed at an OSCE-organized workshop that ends in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Centre organizes training trip to Germany for Turkmen arms control officers
Publishing date: 5 December 2005
ASHGABAD, 5 December 2005- Three arms control officers from the Defence and Foreign ministries of Turkmenistan took part in a two-week practical training in Germany, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad...