COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION PRESIDENTS GIVE NEWS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE DUSHANBE, 2003-04-28 (photo)

Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev (L), Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (2nd from L), Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd from L), Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov (3rd from R), Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (2nd from R) and Armenian President Robert Kocharyan (R) take part in joint press conference in countryside residence Pugus outside Dushanbe, April 28, 2003. The presidents of the countries of the Collective Security Treaty organization unites Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan expressed the readiness to strengthen the regional and international security. REUTERS/Pool AS