An online training for energy reporters organized by Anadolu Agency and Turkey's state-run aid agency concluded on Wednesday.

The three-day training was attended by 30 foreign journalists.

Participants included nationals from Azerbaijan, Algeria, Gambia, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Ukraine and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

The program was divided in five slots; news and sources, international energy organizations, world energy politics, energy diplomacy and energy economy. 

Cihangir Isbilir, the manager of Anadolu Agency’s News Academy, congratulated the trainees who successfully completed the program.

"We want to take this work further. In the coming months, especially after the pandemic, we want to carry out the second and third phases of these trainings on face-to-face basis," he said.

Ugur Tanyeli, a senior official of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), said this training was the first in the series of energy reporting and will continue.

Ruzin Gorcin, a journalist from TRNC's Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation, said the training deepened his understanding on issues of the region especially in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Kebba Jeffang, a participant from Gambia, said that it was his first time attending a training program like this and thanked the organizers for the wholesome discussions.