On April 12 -13, the delegation of the Mejlis took part in the 47th session of Inter-Parliament Assembly of the CIS countries held in Saint Petersburg (the Russian Federation). Under the visit, the delegation had meeting with the leaders of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and Inter-Parliament Assembly on April 12. On April 13, the delegation took part in the plenary session of Inter-Parliament Assembly of the CIS members. During the session, the speeches on the subject “Intercultural dialog of the Commonwealth countries: Current condition, future and legal provision” have been made. This information was presented by Speaker of the Mejlis Gulshat Mammedova at the session of the Government on April 20.

In this regard, the Head of Turkmenistan focused on the consolidation of inter-parliament collaboration, having highlighted that this direction is considerable factor in the expansion of cooperation and strengthening of friendship and trust between the states and the nations.

The President highlighted that development of constructive relations with the CIS members including the Russian Federation is one of the key vectors of foreign strategy of neutral Turkmenistan.