Delegates at talks on disarming North Korea's nuclear programme voiced impatience yesterday that the negotiations remained stalled for a second day over a dispute on when $25 million of Pyongyang's funds will be released from a Macau bank.North Korea said it would not take part in the six-party negotiations in China's capital to meet goals outlined in a landmark February 13 disarmament agreement until the money was transferred. China's official Xinhua News Agency said discussions, originally set to end yesterday, were "very likely" to be extended by a day.
US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said it was upsetting that no talks had taken place while the problem is being resolved. "While these forms have been filed out and faxes sent, while that is going on, our nuclear talks have not made progress. That has been the real opportunity cost to this," he told reporters.