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Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Gazprom have held talks in Vladivostok with Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene at the Russian-organized Eastern Economic Forum amid efforts by Russia to push forward with a natural gas pipeline to China across Mongolia, which is sandwiched in Central Asia between both big powers.

Chinese liquefied natural gas imports for June increased by 14.9 percent and the shipments for the first half put the country on track for another year of record regasification volumes.