Training course was attended by 24 students from 8 OSCE participating states (Belarus, B&H, Bulgaria, FYRM, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Ukraine) and 3 OSCE cooperation partners (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia) representing middle and higher rank officers.

Addressing the participants the Ambassador of Ukraine stressed the importance of proper protection and management of state borders for insuring territorial integrity of states and preventing smuggling of arms and infiltration of mercenaries to their sovereign territories.    

College leadership praised professional level and performance of Ukrainian students – Olesia Tsybulska, chief of group, Odesa Border Detachment Staff, and Serhiy Zdanevych, officer of division, Western Regional Directorate, Border Guards of Ukraine, who were warmly welcomed at the Embassy of Ukraine.