Beijing, September 28 , SPA -- Negotiators from six nations struggled to agree ona "road map" for ending North Korea's nuclear programme Friday asdifferences surfaced over how North Korea should disable itsfacilities before finally dismantling them, according to dpa. South Korean officials said the six teams met for just 10 minutesFriday after delays to allow for more bilateral consultations, SouthKorea's Yonhap news agency reported. "I don't have any good news," the agency quoted Chun Yung Woo, thechief South Korean negotiator, as saying after Friday's talks. "For now, I think we still have a lot of consultations to dorather than to be optimistic," Chun said. Chun said earlier that differences remained over how North Koreawould disable its nuclear facilities. Yonhap quoted US negotiator Christopher Hill as saying Thursdaythat the United States wanted a level of disablement that would makeit hard for North Korea to re-enable its nuclear facilities within 12months. Hill said North Korea was able to restart its previously frozennuclear plants in just two months in 2003. He said agreement was reached on "most of the disablementmeasures" between the officials from North Korea, the United States,China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. The sticking points were believed to include the removal fromNorth Korea of components from key nuclear facilities. The six parties were also considering a "special management plan"for the disablement and handling of radioactive components from thedisabled nuclear facilities, Yonhap said. Hill said earlier that the six nations had planned to discuss ajoint statement that would require the disablement of North Korea'smain nuclear facilities and a full declaration of all nuclear sitesby the end of this year. Hill met his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye Gwan, at leasttwice since he arrived in Beijing Wednesday evening. After more than three years of six-party negotiations, North Koreaagreed in February to abandon its nuclear programme in return forfuel oil shipments and the eventual normalization of US-North Koreanrelations that have been on ice since the 1950-53 Korean War. The latest round of talks was scheduled to end Sunday.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/486494