NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (R) chats with Russian former foreign minister Igor Ivanov before the start of the 45th Conference on Security Policy in Munich February 6, 2009. World leaders including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are due to participate. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)