Monday, 3 April 2006, 13:05 GMT 14:05 UK
Chinese sign up for Turkmen gas
Turkmenistan and China have agreed to build a pipeline to supply Turkmen natural gas for the energy-hungry Chinese economy.
Details of the deal, which was reached in Beijing during a rare visit by Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, were not immediately available.
Turkmenistan's gas reserves are second only to Russia's in the ex-USSR.
Russia recently agreed to build gas pipelines to China and a Kazakh oil pipeline to China was opened last year.
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