According to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao, "China and Russia will honour their commitments on the construction of the oil pipeline between the two countries."

For the sake of bilateral economic and energy cooperation, he added.

According to Liu, "When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with his counterpart Mikhail Kasyanov this September, China and Russia chose to continue to implement their cooperation in the energy field, boost cooperation between companies in oil pipeline construction, oil field exploitation, and oil and natural gas exports to China according to the joint declaration signed on May 27."

Liu believes that the commitments agreed upon by the two senior officials will be honoured and observed. He did not elaborate further.