Leaders of the six member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have a group picture taken with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (1st R) during a summit meeting of the six-nation SCO in Tashkent, Uzbekistan June 17, 2004. The six presidents (from R to L) are Askar Akayev of Kirghizstan, Hu Jintao of China, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan.

Leaders of the six member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have a group picture taken with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (1st R) during a summit meeting of the six-nation SCO in Tashkent, Uzbekistan June 17, 2004. The six presidents (from R to L) are Askar Akayev of Kirghizstan, Hu Jintao of China, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan.

Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at a summit meeting of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan June 17, 2004.