Talks end without disarmament deadline

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-20 14:46

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (R) shakes hands with Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Vladimir Rakhmanin (L) as North Korean negotiator Kim Kye-gwan waves at the end of six party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue in Beijing July 20, 2007. Grinding talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions will shift to technical wrangling over disarmament steps, envoys said on Friday as they endorsed a broad plan lacking any deadline. [Reuters]