The Mejlis of Turkmenistan properly conducts and expands cooperation relations with the parliaments of foreign countries and leading international organizations. Turkmenistan, as the main areas of parliamentary diplomacy, prioritizes improving the work of parliamentary friendship groups, supporting the work of young and women parliamentarians, as well as expanding the range of cooperation in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals staying on the global agenda.

Currently, Mejlis of Turkmenistan has established 46 parliamentary friendship groups on a bilateral basis with the parliaments of the countries of the world. 

The Mejlis of Turkmenistan is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA).

On August 26, 2017, the Mejlis of Turkmenistan adopted a resolution to become a member of the Parliamentary Union and to establish a National Parliamentary Group consisting of deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan in the Parliamentary Union of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan.

Composition of the National Parliamentary Committee in the Parliamentary Union of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan:

Gulmanova Dunyagozel Akmuhammedovna ‒ the Speaker of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, Head of Group;

Rozyyev Gahryman Ovlyakuliyevich – the Deputy Speaker of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan;

Eshayev Yusupguly Ashyrgulyyevich ‒ Head of the Committee for protection of human rights and freedoms;

Baylyyev Batyr Orazdurdyyevich – Head of the Committee for legislation and norms;

Muhamedow Begmurat Rahmangulyyevich – Head of the Committee for international and inter-parliamentary communications;

Atayeva Enejan Meredovna ‒ member of the Committee for international and inter-parliamentary communications.

On March 1, 2014, the Mejlis of Turkmenistan adopted a decision on approving the Permanent Delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The composition of the Permanent Delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe:

Gulmanova Dunyagozel Akmuhammedovna – the Speaker of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan (Head of group);

Eshayev Yusupguly Ashyrgulyyevich – Head of the Committee for protection of human rights and freedoms;

Muhamedow Begmurat Rahmangulyyevich – Head of the Committee for international and inter-parliamentary communications.

The composition of the Reserve Permanent Delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe:

Baylyyev Batyr Orazdurdyyevich – Head of the Committee for legislation and norms;

Akyyeva Chemen Jumamyrat gyzy – Member of the Committee for protection of human rights and freedoms;

Atayeva Enejan Meredovna – Member of the Committee for international and inter-parliamentary communications.

The secretary of the delegation is the head of the International Relations and Protocol Department of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Mekan Babayev.