BEIJING, July 12, SPA -- Negotiators from six nations agreedSaturday on steps to verify North Korea's nucleardisarmament, the Associated Press reported. The agreement, reached after three days of talks, requiresNorth Korea to finish disabling its main nuclear facilityby the end of October. Meanwhile the United States, Chinaand the other three nations taking part would completepromised deliveries of fuel oil and other economic aid. Beyond that, the envoys agreed to a robust verificationteam of experts who will visit North Korean nuclearfacilities, review its documents and interview itstechnical experts, said a press communique read out byChina's envoy, Wu Dawei, at the end of the meeting. Some specifics of the verification remained to be workedout, but experts and diplomats from the six nations hopedto agree on those steps by early September, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. «We would like the protocol to be reached within 45 daysand, secondly, to begin verification within 45 days. We'reanticipating that, and we don't see any obstacles, » Hilltold reporters after the talks.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/573037