Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (L-R) Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov, Uzbek President Islam Karimov and General Secretary of the CSTO Nikolai Bordyuzha pose for a picture Moscow June 14, 2009. CSTO groups Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus on Sunday signalled a growing rift with Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest against a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (L-R) Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov, Uzbek President Islam Karimov and General Secretary of the CSTO Nikolai Bordyuzha pose for a picture Moscow June 14, 2009. CSTO groups Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus on Sunday signalled a growing rift with Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest against a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus.

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