WORLD / Asia-Pacific
N.Korea nuke talks may take to recess
(AP)
Updated: 2007-03-22 14:05
BEIJING - Talks on North Korea's nuclear program - which have dragged on
this week with little success - will likely take a recess, an official
close to the talks said Thursday.
US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, walks through a
hotel lobby with Victor Cha, the US National Security Council's director
for Asian Affairs, before heading to six-party talks on North Korea's
nuclear program, in Beijing Thursday March 22, 2007. [AP]
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The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity
of the talks, said there was a "high possibility" the negotiations will
recess because some delegations have to leave Beijing.
The six-party talks were to have ended Wednesday, but were extended after
Pyongyang refused to take part for two days because of problems over the
transfer of North Korean funds in Macau bank.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said North Korea's chief nuclear envoy
Kim Kye Gwan was likely leave Beijing later on Thursday.
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