The ongoing fourth round of six-party talks is likely to extend
into the weekend as the participants were showing a strong desire
to make headway, South Korean chief negotiator Song Min-soo was
quoted by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency as
saying.??
The fourth round of six-party talks opened in Beijing Tuesday
and is going on with no deadline set yet.
"More negotiations will be needed before we can say something
about the prospects of the meeting," Yonhap quoted Song as saying
yesterday.
"Negotiations are currently being made mostly through bilateral
contacts," Song said.
The US and North Korea, the two major parties to the talks, held
consultations yesterday morning for about three hours, longer than
the previous two consultations since talks opened on Tuesday.
The two sides have carried out their fourth consultations this
morning, but no immediate information is available.
(Xinhua News Agency July 29, 2005)