SCO presidents meet in Tashkent
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-06-17 23:48

Presidents of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries (L-R) Imomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Hu Jintao of China, Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan and Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, as observing member, pose in Tashkent, June 17, 2004. The leaders met in Tashkent to discuss terrorism and increased economic and military cooperation along their common borders. [Xinhua] President Hu Jintao shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [Xinhua]