On 10 November 2026, in Moscow, SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev took part in the regular meeting of the senior administrative officials of the SCO, CSTO and CIS. The partner associations were represented by CSTO Secretary-General Taalatbek Masadykov and CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev.
A thorough and trust-based exchange of views took place on the approaches of the three associations to current issues on the international and regional agendas. Particular attention was paid to the practical implementation of the provisions of the "road map" for the development of cooperation between the SCO, CSTO and CIS, adopted on 3 September 2025 at the SCO Secretariat in Beijing. The heads of the delegations exchanged a number of proposals on the further development of interaction.
Nurlan Yermekbayev briefed his interlocutors on the main outcomes of the meetings of the SCO Council of Heads of State (1 September 2026, Bishkek) and the SCO Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) (20 October 2026, Dushanbe).
During the meeting, it was emphasised that the SCO, CSTO and CIS share common goals – an interest in strengthening peace, stability and security in their areas of responsibility, and a commitment to equal and full observance of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and other generally recognised principles and norms of international law.
The meeting was held in a friendly and constructive atmosphere.
The Memorandum of Understanding between the SCO Secretariat and the CIS Executive Committee was signed on 12 April 2005 in Beijing.
Relations between the SCO Secretariat and the CSTO Secretariat were formalised on 5 October 2007 in Dushanbe.