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AP POOL MOS08 - 20020515 - MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION : Defense Ministers (L-R) Chi Haotian of China, Mukhtar Altynbayev of Kazakhstan, Esen Topoyev of Kyrgyzstan and Sergei Ivanov of Russia seen during a meeting of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Moscow, Wednesday 15 May 2002. Defense Ministers of Russia, China and four Central Asian nations convened in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss a broad range of issues. EPA PHOTO AP POOL/STR/IS/mr