Leonid Kuchma, Eduard Shevardnadze

COMM Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma, right, listens to his Georgian counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze durng their meeting in Ukrainian Black Sea resort of Yalta Friday, July 19, 2002. Presidents of four former Soviet republics of Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Azerbaijan in a regional GUUAM alliance launched a summit to discuss lifting trade barriers and boosting economic cooperation. The delegations are expected to sign an agreement to create free trade zone and a declaration to maintain security and combat terrorism and organized crime across the region. Photo by Valery Soloviov / UNIAN