China said here Tuesday the disablement of the nuclear facilities in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was "an encouraging progress".
The joint document that the six parties reached on Oct. 3 has being implemented effectively, and China was satisfied at the progress, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a regular press conference.
"We hope the parties concerned could continue to follow their commitment and consensus, and implement the joint document in a comprehensive and balanced way," Liu said.
The United States said on Monday that a team of U.S. nuclear experts had arrived at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, where DPRK's sole functioning nuclear reactor is situated and begun the work of disabling the facilities.
The DPRK shut down Yongbyon nuclear reactor in July. It agreed to disable all existing nuclear facilities and to provide a complete and correct declaration of all its nuclear programs by the end of this year, according to a joint document released on Oct. 3 when the second phase of the sixth round of six-party talks ended in Beijing.
The document said the disabling of the five megawatt Experimental Reactor, the Reprocessing Plant (Radiochemical Laboratory) and the Nuclear Fuel Rod Fabrication Facility in Yongbyon would be completed by Dec. 31.
The six-party talks involve the DPRK, the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.
Source: Xinhua
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