COMM Georgia's President Eduard Shevardnadze gestures during a regional GUUAM alliance summit in Ukrainian Black Sea resort of Yalta Saturday, July 20, 2002. Presidents of four former Soviet republics of Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Azerbaijan discuss lifting trade barriers and boosting economic cooperation. Georgia will chair GUUAM this year, with the next summit to take place in 2003. Photo by Valery Soloviov / UNIAN