A Russian presidential spokesman, Sergei Prikhodko, said Obama and Medvedev would sign "framework agreements" on Monday, covering nuclear arms reduction, military co-operation and the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan.
With the players around Joseph signed, the framework for a deal would seem to be set.
The two companies signed a framework agreement, and the final purchase price remains subject to review, according to China Resources.
And when consultations with Albanian leaders became locked in disagreement, Mr. Haekkerup overruled their objections and signed the framework into being.
The bank, Germany's biggest, said it had signed a framework agreement with the owners of Sal.
Bill Clinton signed the Framework for Global Electronic Commerce, directing the Department of Commerce (DOC) to oversee the growth of business over the Internet.
Earlier this year Russia's state-owned gas giant, Gazprom, signed a framework agreement on supplying gas to Georgia.
In February, he signed a framework agreement with the American Land Conservancy, a relatively small land trust in San Francisco that specializes in difficult transactions.
Jürgen E. Schrempp, DaimlerChrysler's chairman, signed a framework agreement today in Beijing with the company's Chinese partner, the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Company, to make Mercedes cars.
His group signed a framework peace agreement with the Philippine government in 1996, but talks to finish implementing the agreement have dragged on without final resolution.
