Six parties involved in the Korean nuclear issue would make their final
attempt to clinch a deal as the talks entered the fifth day on Monday, with
energy aid still as focus of negotiations.
"It is the last day of the talks, let's see how it goes," said chief U.S.
negotiator Christopher Hill. "We put everything on the table, it's up to the
DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)."
Envoys from host China, the DPRK, the United States, the republic of Korea
(ROK), Japan and Russia reconvened the talks on Thursday in Beijing in the wake
of a 48-day recess.
But the talks got blocked by the energy aid to the DPRK after the negotiators
held consultations on a Chinese draft, which involves the moves the DPRK will
take to abandon its nuclear program in return for economic aid and security
guarantee.
The draft reportedly proposes halting within two months the work at nuclear
sites in the DPRK, including the Yongbyon reactor, and supplying Pyongyang with
alternative energy sources.
