SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming met with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, in New York on 18 September as part of his participation in High-Level Week at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly and an extraordinary meeting of the SCO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
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The parties exchanged views on cooperation between the SCO and the United Nations, the security situation in the region and the Afghanistan issue. They expressed a common understanding of the importance of collaborating in the fight against terrorism, extremism and separatism, and noted their readiness to step up cooperation at the bilateral level.