China And Russia Fail To Reach Agreement On Gas Plan

China And Russia Fail To Reach Agreement On Gas Plan
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends an agreement signing ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Putin, facing isolation in the West over Ukraine, received a diplomatic boost Tuesday on a state visit to China, where he hopes to extend his country's dealings with Asia. (AP Photo/Carlos Barria, Pool)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends an agreement signing ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Putin, facing isolation in the West over Ukraine, received a diplomatic boost Tuesday on a state visit to China, where he hopes to extend his country's dealings with Asia. (AP Photo/Carlos Barria, Pool)

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping of China and the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, were unable to announce an agreement on a natural gas deal on Tuesday, despite high expectations that mutual political interests would help finally push through the project.

Instead, commercial concerns continued to dominate — specifically, the price of the gas, which China and Russia have been haggling over for nearly a decade. After the meeting between the two leaders, Mr. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, said that talks were continuing.

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