LONDON - Angola is close to striking debt agreements with a number of Chinese banks and government agencies, a senior government official said on Friday, though she warned that public debt ratios would likely rise further by year-end.

Buckling under a rising debt burden, a sharp decline in oil prices and the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Angola owes more than $20 billion to a number of Chinese entities.

"We are having these negotiations on a very good basis, they have been very open to us, and very open minded about what they can offer us," Angola's secretary of state for budget and investment Aia-Eza Silva told Reuters.

"Some deals are very close to the end..we are now talking about the paperwork."

(Reporting by Karin Strohecker; editing by Sujata Rao) ((karin.strohecker@thomsonreuters.com; +442075427262; Reuters Messaging: karin.strohecker.reuters.com@reuters.net))