BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing six-party talks, aimed atestablishing a timetable for the disarmament of the Democratic People's Republicof Korea's (DPRK) nuclear facilities, is likely to extend to Friday, accordingto a Japanese Foreign Ministry official.

Top U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill had said on Thursday morning that themeeting, which began on Wednesday, would end the same day.

Chief negotiator of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Chun Yung Woo said all sixparties had agreed on what nuclear facilities the DPRK should declare.

Russian special envoy Vladimir Rakhmanin said the meeting was held in "afriendly atmosphere". He also warned the participants not to "complicate orsimplify the problems discussed". He confirmed that no timetable was set for thedisarmament.

Positive signals were being sent to the media after the first day of talks.Hill said on Wednesday night that the talks had been "very open and substantivediscussions". Chun Yung Woo said the DPRK demonstrated its willingness todisable its nuclear facilities and declare all its nuclear programs in five tosix months.

Although the DPRK made no comment on the ongoing talks, it had held threeone-on-one meetings with the United States. All chief negotiators have heldseveral bilateral consultations as soon as they arrived in Beijing.

The DPRK has already shut down its Yongbyon facilities, the first step toimplementing the Feb. 13 joint document which mapped out the specific steps forthe DPRK's nuclear weapons abandonment and financial compensation.

The International Atomic Energy Agency also announced on Wednesday that theDPRK had now shut five main nuclear facilities at Yongbyon.

The meeting was the first for the chief negotiators of China, the DPRK, theUnited States, and ROK, Russia and Japan since the last round of talks went intorecess in late March.