WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank executive board will continue its deliberation over the bank President Paul Wolfowitz's future on Thursday, the board said in a statement on Wednesday.

    The executive directors of the World Bank will "continue their deliberations tomorrow morning" over "issues raised by the report of the Ad Hoc Group and in their meetings with Mr. Wolfowitz yesterday," said the statement.

    Meanwhile, World Bank sources said Wolfowitz is negotiating an agreement with the bank board to resign.

    The sources said Wolfowitz insisted that he will resign voluntarily and the bank should share some responsibility for his pay-and-promotion package for Shaha Riza.