Remarks from the head of French carmaker Renault SA (RNO.FR) suggested Wednesday that he hasn't been approached by General Motors Corp. (GM) about buying its troubled U.S. counterpart's Saturn unit.

But Renault CEO Carlos Goshn was unclear about whether his company is interested in Saturn, or whether the issue has been broached with GM in some way.

When asked at a news briefing whether Renault is in talks with GM, Goshn said, "GM hasn't asked us any question."

Citing two people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day reported GM was in talks with Renault about taking over its Saturn car division. The newspaper said Renault is one of several suitors interested in Saturn.

When asked if Renault had been in contact with Saturn itself, Goshn said, "We cannot be in negotiations with (Saturn) because Saturn is part of GM."

He added that "you are speaking as if GM had already been dismantled...that is not the case. And we can't hold discussions with brands belonging to big companies."

Goshn made his remarks to reporters after the company's annual shareholders meeting, where he told his audience that Renault isn't interested in buying any companies, including GM's strapped German car unit Adam Opel AG.

He had said his company is concentrating all its energy on recovering from the global economic crisis that has slammed global car markets and that it also isn't interested in any alliances. But once it recovers, Renault could look at its options, he added.

Company Web site: www.renault.com

-By Gabriele Parussini and A.H. Mooradian; Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740; Gabriele.parussini@dowjones.com and art.mooradian@dowjones.com.