Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are seen during a meeting in a break of a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Shanghai, China, Thursday, June 15, 2006. During the session Iranian President Ahmadinejad invited China, Russia and other Central and South Asian nations to convene a special meeting to boost energy cooperation. (AP Photo/ Dmitry Astakhov, ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service )