A south Korean envoy to talks says the north is ready to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year at the latest. The envoy said the north Korean negotiate year had also said the government in Pyongyang was now willing to declare all aspects of its nuclear program. He was speaking after the latest round of international talks in Beijing. As the talks got under way, U.N. Inspectors announced that they'd verified the closure of all five nuclear installations at Yongbyon.


>> They've now verified that all the facilities have been shut down and that appropriate measures have been put in place, including ceilings.

-- Sealing some of these facilities. We expect that in the next few weeks we will continue monitoring and verification measures so the facilities are shut down. And we will watch that.

>> That's Mohamed el Baradei. Well, the talks in Beijing have finished for the day. Our correspondent jams Reynolds is there.

>> The situation now is very different from the situation just about nine months ago when north Korea carried out a nuclear test and then declared that it was a nuclear power. What's happened in the last nine months is this: North Korea has pretty much got what it's wanted. It showed how powerful it could be, and it has forced concessions out of the united states, out of china and out of other countries. They're now providing north Korea with fuel. They're not talking about regime change. They're talking about normalizing relations with north Korea. In return north Korea has allowed in inspectors, and it has shut down its nuclear facilities. So the atmosphere is a lot lighter than it was nine months ago, but I think the important point is that north Korea still feels it is in control of what it's giving up and of the pace and tone of negotiations.
　

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