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Uzbekistan plans to build a 530km gas pipeline to China with a capacity of 30 billion cu m a year, equivalent to half the Central Asian state's gas production, the Uzbek Government said.
Ma Kai, the head of China's top state planning body, and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov signed an agreement in Tashkent yesterday about the principles of building and running a pipeline along the route.
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