Negotiators pose before the closing ceremony of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, in Beijing February 13, 2007. A groundbreaking plan to curtail North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions in return for energy aid and security assurances edged towards approval on Tuesday as envoys to six-party talks waited for Pyongyang to give its nod. The two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and China had "resolved the technical issues in the agreement", Xinhua news agency reported. But a diplomatic source at the talks said North Korea had not yet responded "formally" to the draft deal. In picture (L to R) Japan's chief negotiator Kenichiro Sasae, South Korea's Chun Yung-woo, North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, China's envoy Wu Dawei, US envoy Christopher Hill and Russia's Alexander Losyukov. [Reuters]

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