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China, Russia report major progress in natural gas negotiations

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BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- China's largest oil and gas company CNPC and Russian gas giant Gazprom have reported a major progress in their natural gas negotiations², Gazpom's deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev said here Saturday.

The negotiation¹, which touched on rising prices of crude oil and gas pipes on the international market, was constructive³ but the two sides hadn't agreed on specific prices, said Medvedev.

However, big progress was made in the negotiation, which paved the way for a future agreement on specific prices, he said.

"I believe we will finally get a result that is acceptable to both sides."

Medvedev said earlier in the day that the negotiation on the Russian gas prices would not be influenced by the low prices at which China had imported natural gas.

CNPC and Gazprom entered into a strategic partnership⁴ in October 2004. The two companies signed a deal in march 2006 to export natural gas to China.

Under the deal, Russia will pipe 68 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China each year by 2020.

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1 negotiation
n.谈判，协商
参考例句：
They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。 The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 constructive
adj.建设的，建设性的
参考例句：
We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。 He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

4 partnership
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
参考例句：
The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。 Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

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