Geidar Aliyev, Eduard Shevardnadze, Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Voronin

Presidents of four former Soviet republics, left to right Geidar Aliev of Azerbaijan, Eduard Shevarnadze of Georgia, Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine, and Vladimir Voronin of Moldova, look on during their regional GUUAM alliance summit in Ukrainian Black Sea resort of Yalta Saturday, July 20, 2002. The four presidents discuss lifting trade barriers and boosting economic cooperation. The delegations signed 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