Russia and China are still discussing deliveries of crude oil and loans for Russian oil companies, an official from China National Petroleum Corp said.

Wang Shengzi, a director of the Russian and Central Asian projects at China's biggest oil company, yesterday said he wasn't aware of any suspension of talks. The two neighboring countries halted talks, Russian news service Interfax reported yesterday, citing an unidentified person close to the negotiations in Beijing.

(Shanghai Daily November 13, 2008)