Europe
EU seeking counter-terror experts for Central Asia programme

Published on 14.07.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

As the region's post-Soviet states gain strategic importance in the struggle for influence between East and West, the European Union is mobilising to get a foothold through technical cooperation on sensitive security issues in Russia's backyard.

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EU seeking counter-terror experts for Central Asia programme