Top American envoy extends stay in Beijing

By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Chief U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill has
decided to extend his stay in Beijing by another day, the U.S. embassy here said
Wednesday, amid speculation the current six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear
program could be prolonged.
"Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was supposed to leave for
Washington today, but he has decided not to," Susan N. Stevenson, a spokesperson
at the embassy, told Yonhap News Agency.
She refused to confirm whether it means the talks would not end Wednesday as
originally scheduled.
Hill and his counterparts from China, Russia, Japan, and the two Koreas were
continuing talks at the Chinese state guest house Diaoyutai with the aim of
producing a deal, according to South Korean officials.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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