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Six-nation nuclear talks extended for one more day
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-18 15:06
BEIJING - North Korean nuclear talks were extended for at least one more day
through Monday as envoys tried to agree on a compromise proposal that would let
Pyongyang keep its civilian nuclear power program after it disarms. But host
China said the current round of negotiations were close to ending.
Christopher Hill,
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and
top U.S. negotiator for the six-party talks, speaks to journalists before
continuation of talks in Beijing September 18, 2005.
[Reuters] | The heads of all six parties to the
talks met twice Sunday morning and exchanged opinions on the Chinese compromise
proposal, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao.
"The talks are drawing to an end," it said, without giving any further
explanation. But the agency reported the six parties would meet again on Monday.
It was not immediately clear whether Monday would be the last day of this round
of talks.
Officials attending the talks were not immediately available for comment.
State-run China Central Television's CCTV 9 network reported that the U.S.
and North Korea remained at odds.
"We'll see where we are at the end of the day," U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State Christopher Hill said earlier on Sunday as he left his hotel. Hill said he
would stay in Beijing another day.
The talks in Beijing include China, Japan, Russia, the United States and the
two Koreas.
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