Russian President Medvedev meets with his Pakistan counterpart Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C), Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari meet during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at a government residence outside of the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg on June 15, 2009. The SCO groups Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan but leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and Iran will also attend the summit. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)