April 29, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, during a meeting with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers in the Kremlin. From left: Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Antiterrorist Structure Myrzakan Subanov, SCO Secretary General Bolat Nurgaliyev, Uzbek Deputy Defense Minister Rustam Niyazov and Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloyev.