TAJIKISTAN: SHANGHAI FIVE SUMMIT

Natural Sound The fifth meeting of the heads of state of the Shanghai Five - Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan - has begun in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The summit is expected to produce an agreement settling border disputes among China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as declarations of a common approach to the fight against drug-trafficking, separatism and terrorism. A separate statement appealing to Afghanistan to negotiate a peaceful end to 12 years of civil strife is