Heads of Russia's Gazprom and Rosneft to follow Putin in China - RIA
MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Alexei Miller, the head of Gazprom, and Igor Sechin, the CEO of Russian oil giant Rosneft, will be in the delegation of President Vladimir Putin during his visit to China this week, RIA news agency reported on Monday.
Reuters reported last month that Sechin and Miller would travel.
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RIA also cited Kremlin's aide, Yuri Ushakov, as saying that no oil and gas deals are expected to be clinched during Putn's visit and his meetings with China's leader Xi Jinping.
Russia is forging closer ties with China, the world's second-largest fuel consumer after the United States. Bilateral trade value surged to $21.18 billion last month, the highest since February 2022 when Russia started its military operation in Ukraine.
"No agreements will be signed now, since this is not a full-fledged bilateral visit, but a fairly long contact within the framework of an international conference. But we are actively discussing and working," Ushakov said, according to RIA, when asked about possible energy deals.
Putin will take part in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Russia aims to build a second gas pipeline to China, Power of Siberia 2, with capacity for 50 bcm a year to run via Mongolia.
However, the talks about prices and other issues related to the route have so far failed to yield any tangible results.
During Putin's visit to China last year, he secured a 30-year contract to supply 10 billion cubic metres of gas a year to China via a new pipeline from Russian island of Sakhalin. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)