(L-R) Kazakstan President Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayevich Akayev, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Russia President Vladimir Putin, Tajikistan President Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov, Uzbekistan President Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov pose for a photo during a meeting of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in St. Petersburg of Russia, June 7, 2002. (Xinhua Photo)

    June 7, 2002 -- The second SCO summit opened in Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg. The one-day meeting closed after the six presidents signed three documents, the Charter of the SCO, an agreement on anti-terrorism agency in the region, and the presidents' declaration, to chart the organization's development goals and to institutionalize the cooperation.