CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev joined the meeting in the SCO Plus format, alongside heads of other integration organisations – the CSTO, the EEC, the CICA.

The meeting was held in the Yrys Ordo Congress Hall as part of the SCO Summit. The SCO Heads of State Council had previously met there.

The meeting in the SCO Plus format was held under the theme “The United Nations as a Key Element of a Just World Order: The Contribution of the SCO Plus States to the Formation of a Multipolar World”.

Apart from the SCO member states, the meeting was attended by dialogue partners and observer states, as well as heads of partner organisations. They included Azerbaijan, Armenia, Vietnam, Egypt, Laos, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Turkey.

CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev Meets with CSTO Secretary-General Talaatbek Masadykov

On 31 August 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev met with CSTO Secretary-General Talaatbek Masadykov.

The sides discussed the implementation of the Roadmap for the Development of Cooperation among the CIS, CSTO and SCO, as well as cooperation between the working bodies of the CSTO and CIS and upcoming events within the organisations. They held a constructive exchange of views on the situation in the CIS region and in the world.