Wu Dawei, head of the Chinese delegation, announced the specific verification plan that was made clear in a press communique of the heads of delegations meeting.
The verification mechanism consists of experts from the six nations, and the measures include visits to facilities, reviews of documents and interviews with technical personnel, Wu said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) meets with (L to R) Akitaka Saiki of Japan, Kim Sook of South Korea, Kim Kye Gwan of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Christopher Hill of the United States, Alexei Borodavkin of Russia and Wu Dawei of China, chief negotiators for the six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2008.
The mechanism welcomes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear regulator, to provide consultations and assistance for relevant verification when necessary, he said.
The six parties also agreed to set up a monitoring mechanism, consisting of the six top negotiators, to ensure all nations fulfill their respective commitments for non-proliferation and economic and energy assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Wu added.
The parties mapped out a timetable for economic and energy assistance along with the disablement of the Yongbyon nuclear facilities, stressing disablement and assistance should go "in parallel".
Under the timetable, the DPRK will work to complete the disablement of the Yongbyon nuclear facilities by the end of October.
The United States and Russia will provide the remaining heavy fuel oil (HFO) assistance to the DPRK by that time, while China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will sign binding agreements with the DPRK for non-HFO assistance by the end of August.
The parties exchanged views on the third-phase actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of Sept. 19, 2005, and reiterated that the six-party ministerial meeting will be held in Beijing at an appropriate time, Wu said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with the six chief delegates on Saturday at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
Yang praised the heads of delegation meeting, held from July 10to 12 after a nine-month stalemate, saying it was held with "high efficiency".
He said the six-party talks stand at a turning point of moving into the next phase and have an important chance to make new progress.
"I hope the six parties could grasp the opportunity to continue working for the implementation of the second-phase action in a comprehensive and balanced way," Yang said.
He added China would continue to contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the relationship normalization of the countries concerned, and peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
Chief delegates expressed appreciation for China's important role in the talks, pledging enhanced cooperation to promote the nuclear talks.
U.S. delegation head Christopher Hill said on Saturday afternoon, upon leaving Beijing, that the communique issued by the Chinese chair "pretty accurately reflects the range of discussion" the six delegations had.
He stressed that the six delegations still need to go back to their respective capitals for guidance to work out a verification protocol.
"The protocol gets very complex, because it is not just saying what verifiers will have a right to do -- that is, to visit sites -- but it also spells out what they can do when they visit the sites," said Hill.
He said the six delegations must take back the documents shared at the meetings to their respective capitals for further work and try to finish the verification protocol as soon as possible.
"We would like first of all the protocol to be reached in 45 days, and secondly, to actually begin verification in 45 days. We are just anticipating that and we don't see the obstacles to getting that done," said Hill.
He said the six parties will get together later this month in Singapore during a regional forum and might have discussions "on an informal basis".
Hill said the three-day heads of delegation meeting "went pretty well". He added that a lot of work was done, many specifics were discussed, and the six parties look forward to getting together very soon and continuing the process.
Experts stressed the importance of the establishment of verification and monitoring mechanisms.
"As the verification of the DPRK's nuclear facilities and programs can be very complicated in technical terms and sensitive in political terms, the establishment of the verification mechanism is very important," said Gu Guoliang, deputy director of the Institute of American Studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
He said the monitoring mechanism can ensure each party implement its commitments under the supervision of other countries.
The fresh round of discussions came after the DPRK handed over the long-awaited nuclear declaration list in late June and then blew up a cooling tower in its main nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.
The talks, which also include Japan, ran for three days here starting on Thursday.
Source:Xinhua