On 17 March 2023, SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming addressed the plenary session of the 15thInternational Economic Forum of the CIS Participant States Integration Dialogue: CIS, EAEU, SCO, BRICS, at the invitation of Secretary-General of the CIS Executive Committee Sergei Lebedev.  

Zhang Ming met with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich and CIS Secretary-General Sergei Lebedev on the sidelines of the forum.

During their meetings, the sides exchanged detailed opinions of expanding interaction between organisations, implementing the relevant cooperation documents and planning joint annual events.