Gas deal still under discussion

Price negotiation and pipe construction for Russian natural gas supplies to China need more time before mega projects can be started, Russia's trade representative in China Sergey Tsyplakov said yesterday.

However, natural gas is not among the priorities for cooperation between the two countries in the year 2010, Tsyplakov said at a press conference yesterday.

Mechanical and electrical products, timber, ferrous metal and nonferrous metal, and investment cooperation are the four major areas for cooperation between the two countries this year, Tsyplakov said.