(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-12-05 20:31

Hill said DPRK was "working hard on a declaration" and that he had made clear that it needed to be "complete and comprehensive."

"I'm sure they will be prepared to meet the deadline," said Hill, who met his DPRK counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, during the visit.

Pyongyang conducted its first-ever nuclear test in October last year, prompting international concerns and sanctions. Experts estimate it has enough weapons-grade plutonium to make about a dozen bombs.

The country began disabling the reactor, which was shut down in July, and two other facilities last month under the watch of US experts.

Hill said he had "a good two days of talks" and that the people in the Yongbyon complex, north of Pyongyang, appeared to be cooperating with the Americans.

The US envoy also toured Pyongyang and rode a subway with other members of his delegation, including Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, according to footage from broadcaster APTN.

Hill went to the DPRK once before in June, becoming the first high-level US official to visit the country in more than four years.

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