Turkmen gas firm to receive Chinese loan

BEIJING - China signed an agreement with Turkmenistan on Tuesday to provide loans to the Central Asian nation's gas company.

Vice-Premier Wang Qishan and his Turkmen counterpart Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov signed an inter-governmental agreement on the Chinese loan to Turkmengazi State Concern, after their meeting in Beijing.

Xinhua News Agency reported that details of the agreement were not available at the signing ceremony.