All parties had shown determination to reach agreement at the talks, and the DPRK particularly "made a considerable concession", Chun stressed.
"All concerned parties know what actions they should accomplish within a certain time," said Chun.
He said the draft joint document, a result of concentrated discussion of the six parties, would mark the beginning of the second phase of the implementation of the September 19 joint statement.
Another official with the ROK delegation said on Sunday afternoon at the condition of anonymity that he believed the disablement of the DPRK's nuclear facilities could be finished within a year, which meant the process of the six-party talks would enter the period of dismantling nuclear facilities in one year.
The major disagreement regarding the draft joint document was which parts were to be published and which parts not, the official said.
