ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE
The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) Centre in Bishkek and the Anti-terrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS KR) conducted a five-day counterterrorism training course in 2015 focusing on the radicalization process that leads to terrorism and effective preventive measures. The course was held at the SCNS KR Bakaev Institute in Bishkek.
Twenty law enforcement specialists from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior, Anti-Terrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security, the Bakaev Institute, General Staff of the Armed Forces, Kyrgyz State Border Service and State Service on Execution of Punishment took part in the course. It was conducted by the three experts of the Turkish National Police.
This course helped participants develop analytical skills of counterterrorism personnel in the Kyrgyz Republic, enhanced the exchange of information and best practices, and allowed participants to familiarize themselves with the methods and strategies that the Turkish National Police use when dealing with terrorism threats.
“We consider these courses to be a significant activity of the combating terrorism program and believe that they will serve as a platform for the exchange of experience as well as promoting the further strengthening of cooperation between anti-terrorism structures of the two countries, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey,” said Maciej Dachowski, head of the politico-military department of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
These training courses are a second-year joint activity being implemented by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Turkish National Police and the SCNS KR within the framework of a letter of intent and a two-year bilateral agreement of cooperation signed by the three parties in January 2014.
Cooperation between the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the SCNS KR Anti-terrorism Centre also covers other OSCE initiatives, such as strengthening the government press service, and material base of SCNS KR and providing support to operational counterterror simulation exercises.