Members accepted his advice to visit the site before a formal decision was taken.

A formal decision was likely to be taken at a foreign ministers' meeting in June.

Administration officials said no formal decision was taken at the meeting.

The formal decision to build the airport was taken in 1934.

"The government should take a formal decision in a few weeks' time on the quotas."

A formal decision to do so has still not been made.

He said the President had not yet made a formal decision.

A formal decision is scheduled to be made by spring 2013.

China is expected to make its formal decision Jan. 15.

Officials said they had not made a formal decision on spending.