Top negotiator of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Chun Yung-woo said Sunday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has made "considerable concessions" in the second phase of sixth round of six-party talks.
The DPRK has shown resolution to reach a joint document, Chun said.
The draft document has set explicit time limits for the DPRK to declare its nuclear programs and disable the existing nuclear facilities, he added.
"All the parties concerned have clear understandings with respect to the actions that should be taken within certain periods of time," the senior diplomat said.
A joint document, which marks the commencement of the second phase of actions, had been drawn out and would be finalized with the approval of the governments of the six delegations in two days.
An ROK delegate official who declined to give his name said the DPRK, with a careful and sincere attitude, was expected to articulate reasons for "the nuclear facilities which are not able to declare at present" by the end of the year.
He estimated that it would take around one year to wrap up the disablement of the DPRK's nuclear facilities.
Most goals that the ROK wanted to achieve in the meeting have been reflected in the draft document while the differences of this session of talks mostly concern what contents in the draft document should be publicized, the official said.
Chinese delegation head Wu Dawei, also chairman of the talks, said on Sunday that the second phase of the sixth round of the six-party talks would recess for two days.
Wu said the reason for the two-day recess was that a joint document had been drawn out and still needs the approval of the governments of the six delegations.
The current phase of the talks were originally scheduled to run from Sept. 27 to 30.
Source: Xinhua
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