111.   A statement said the loan agreement was signed in Beijing Monday.

112.   Also Sunday, Primakov expressed cautious optimism that Russia and the International Monetary Fund will be able to work out a new loan agreement.

113.   Also, a standby loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund is expected.

114.   Anwar said it was reasonable for the Government to stand guarantee for the loan agreements because it has a majority stake in all three entities involved.

115.   Any loan agreement will still need formal approval by IMF officials in Washington and it was not clear what conditions the IMF planned to impose on Russia.

116.   Any loan agreements were likely to be conditional.

117.   An IMF mission left Russia last week with little progress made toward a new loan agreement.

118.   An IMF team is currently in Romania and will start negotiations for a loan agreement on Saturday.

119.   Another official close to the talks said the latest round of consultations could pave the way for a loan agreement.

120.   But the developers have little recourse because the loan agreements allow banks to freeze portions of the revolving credit which have not been drawn down by the borrowers.