Training Program for the Gabonese Diplomats

February 13-20, 2022, Ankara, Istanbul

The Academy organized a one-week training program for a group of 10 Gabonese diplomats from February 13-20, 2022.

Within the framework of the training program that started with the visit to Ataturk’s Mausoleum on Monday, February 14, 2022, the officials from the departments of our Ministry, the retired Ambassadors and academics made presentations on various topics including Turkey's West Africa Policy, Turkey-Gabon Relations, Public Diplomacy and Social Media Use in Diplomacy, Turkish Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Correspondence, Energy Diplomacy and Energy Security and Protocol.

Within the framework of the program in Ankara, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency and the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities were visited and briefings were given to the guest delegation by the aforementioned institutions.

In the cultural part of the program held in Istanbul on 18-20 December 2022, the guest delegation visited the Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapı Palace and Dolmabahçe Palace Museum as well as various historical and cultural places of Istanbul.