Journalists from Central Asia came to Brussels to learn about activities and programs of NATO.

One of the segments of the NATO program “Partnership for Peace” is outreach activities among the media. “Partnership for Peace” has been under implementation since 2002. The goal of this program is to provide media professionals with reliable information about NATO as a political and military organization, and to deflate the cold war stereotypes.

Media professionals have also learned about the North Atlantic Block’s activities in Afghanistan. The ongoing program in this country is the first operation conducted by NATO away from Europe. About 40 thousand servicemen from 26 member countries are taking part on the program.

NATO is planning specific programs on disaster preparedness and response, projects on energy and cyber security, which will be discussed next year in Bucharest, Romania.

Journalists were also told about the partnerships “Russia-NATO” and “The Ukrarine-NATO”.

During the study tour, journalists visited the headquarters and the military command premises of NATO.

Tajikistan was represented by TV Safina and Asia Plus news agency.

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