Defence and foreign ministers from eight countries involved in the international coalition in southern Afghanistan meet at the British Army headquarters Edinburgh, December 14, 2007. (From L to R, back row) Canada's Maxime Bernier, Australia's Frances Adamson, Romania's Iulian Buga, Denmark's Lone Wisborg and Lars Johan Findsen, Canada's Peter Mackay, Australia's Joel Fitzgibbon, Romania's Corneliu Dobritoiu, Nicholas Burns of the U.S., Lord Malloch-Brown of the UK, Eimert van Middelkoop of the Netherlands, Robert Gates of the U.S., Des Browne of the UK and Estonia's Jaak Aaviksoo. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN)