ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic (front) arrives at the Informal Ministerial in Ak-Bulak, near the Kazakh city of Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev addresses the opening of the Informal Ministerial in Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE)

Ministers prepare for a family photo at the Informal Ministerial in Ak-Bulak, near the Kazakh city of Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE/Frane Maroevic)

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, addresses the opening of the Informal Ministerial in Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE)

OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut addresses the opening of the Informal Ministerial in Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE)

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, addresses the Informal Ministerial, flanked by Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (l) and OSCE SG Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton at the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

The Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair countries meet on the margins of the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Almaty, 17 July 2010. (OSCE/Frane Maroevic)

A camera operator tests his equipment in the press centre in Ak-Bulak, Kazakhstan ahead of the informal meeting of foreign ministers on 17 July 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (l) and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in conversation while in Almaty for the OSCE infomal ministerial meeting, 16 July 2010. (OSCE/Sarah Crozier)

Journalists at work in the press centre in Ak-Bulak, Kazakhstan ahead of the informal meeting of foreign ministers on 16-17 July 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

Billboards on the road to Ak-Bulak near the Kazakh city of Almaty, which will host the OSCE Informal Ministerial on 16-17 July 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)