April 29, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, during a meeting with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers in the Kremlin. From left: Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloyev, Kyrgyz Defense Minister Bakytbek Kalyyev, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie, Kazakh First Deputy Defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev and Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.