On the other hand, a senior Chinese diplomat on Thursday expressed his optimism that China and Russia will strike deals on natural gas cooperation ahead of the next prime ministers' regular meeting in autumn. Assistant Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said he was upbeat on the Sino-Russian energy cooperation, while replying to a question at a press briefing on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation.
China-Kazakhstan - Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Massimov said ceding Kazakhstani land to China is impossible, but he predicted speculation about the issue would continue, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported July 15. No secret programme exists to surrender territory to China, he said in answering questions posed by internet users in an online news conference. Several media reports had suggested Kazakhstan had secretly agreed to a long-term lease of 1m ha of farmland to China, Russia’s Vzglyad reported July 15.
Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan - President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the last governmental meeting mentioned "the increasing dynamics of Turkmen-Kazakh cooperation", the press service of the Turkmen government reported on Saturday. The report said that the country's leader said that "cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan is important not only for the two countries, but also in the context of regional relations."
Articles referred to in this post:
"中俄天然气谈判陷僵局 俄气希望中方预付费" (Sino-Russian negotiation on natural gas in deadlock, Russia hopes China to prepay)
"程国平：对中俄达成天然气合作协议有信心" (Cheng Guoping: confident in Sino-Russia gas deal)
"Казахи не уступят Китаю землю, говорит Масимов" (Kazakhs won’t cede land to China, Massimov says)
http://centralasiaonline.com/cocoon/caii/xhtml/ru/newsbriefs/caii/newsbriefs/2011/07/15/newsbrief-11
"Взаимодействие Туркменистана и Казахстана имеет важное региональное значение - президент Бердымухамедов" (Cooperation of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan assumes great regional importance - President Berdymukhamedov)
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