Chinese foreign minister to meet nuclear envoys By Lee Chi-dong

BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi plans to meet top nuclear envoys from North Korea and its five dialogue partners at 10 a.m. (Beijing time) on Thursday, South Korean delegates said.

The foreign minister of host China usually holds a group meeting with the heads
of the delegates before ending a six-way session.
This week's talks also involving South Korea, the United States, Russia, and
Japan were initially supposed to finish on Wednesday but China has not called an
end to them.
Envoys said earlier it was unclear whether the negotiations will be extended into
Thursday or not.
They failed Wednesday to narrow differences on ways to inspect Pyongyang's
nuclear facilities -- a main agenda item.
"We didn't make any progress today," top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill
told reporters after the third-day marathon session.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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