The Foreign Service Academy organised the training for the first time bringing 15 young diplomats of neighbouring countries and Bangladesh.Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque distributed certificates among them at the closing on Thursday.The foreign ministry said ambassadors and high commissioners of Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar attended the closing ceremony, among others.Basics of international relations ranging from diplomacy and foreign policy to emerging issues like human rights, international trade, energy security, and climate change dominated the short-course.
 
 

 
 

Subcontinent’s history, culture, democratic values, traditions and development priorities have also been taught in the course.The participants were also taken to art galleries, museums, chambers, manufacturing plants as well as centers of excellence and institutions that play important role in the socio economic development of Bangladesh.Founded in 1996, the Foreign Service Academy provides specialised training to Bangladesh diplomats.The foreign ministry said this is for the first time they arranged an international training programme for foreign diplomats.A foreign ministry official earlier said, based on the success of the first course, they would consider institutionalising the endeavour.    