BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Negotiators of the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) might meet for one-on-one consultation on Friday, US chief negotiator Christopher Hill said here Friday morning.

    Hill told reporters that the ongoing six-party talks is "getting very much to the end," but negotiators still have "real differences" on how to resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

    "The good news is we knew where the substantive differences are...so we really like to try to reach an agreement on principles.

    Hill said the US stance is closer to China, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan. "We'll see if we can be closer to the DPRK."

    Hill said that "the DPRK should have peaceful use of nuclear energy," but the United States wants a "nuclear-free Korean Peninsula."

    He said that past experiences showed that the DPRK's nuclear facilities, even if they were used for civilian or research purposes, could be turned into "a weapon producing facility" in "two months."

    As for the content of the common document, Hill said it was possible that the verification of the DPRK's nuclear facilities and programs would be included in the text.

    Verification is "a key factor but not for this stage," he added.

    Japanese delegation head Sasae Kenichiro said that all sides are making the final efforts to institute a joint document. The meeting between the US and DPRK delegations is the most important arrangement on Friday.

    All delegates from China, DPRK, the United States, the ROK, Russia and Japan, continued negotiations to seek ways to resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue in a peaceful manner Friday when the marathon fourth round of six-party talks ran into the 11th day.

    At a chief negotiators' session Thursday night, all the partiesexchanged views on how to make the talks move on and expressed thewill to work out a common document. But still no breakthrough was made.

    Cho Taiyong, deputy head of the delegation from the Republic of Korea (ROK), said at a press briefing after the heads' meeting that the talks were in a "critical" moment. The delegations of the DPRK , the ROK and the United States held a three-hour trilateral meeting Thursday afternoon in a bid to narrow differences.

    DPRK chief negotiator Kim Kye-gwan insisted his country should enjoy the right to the peaceful use of nuclear power.

    Speaking to reporters outside the DPRK embassy following Thursday night's meeting of delegation heads, Kim expressed dissatisfaction with the United States' opposition to the DPRK's peaceful use of nuclear power.

    "The DPRK is neither a defeated nation in a war nor a nation having committed any crimes, so why should we not be allowed to use nuclear power peacefully?" said Kim, also vice foreign minister of the DPRK.

    All the parties involved in the talks, except the United States, said they understand the DPRK's position that the country's is entitled to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes. Kim said he is convinced that the United States would also be persuaded in the end to support the DPRK's peaceful use of nuclear power.

    As differences remained in the political stances of the DPRK and the United States, the current round of talks was sort of stalemate in the drafting process of a common document, he said.

    According to him, the parties to the talks have failed to reacha consensus on specific measures relating to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The DPRK and the United States are still unable to establish mutual trust on the normalization of bilateral ties.

    "This round of talks aims at realizing the denuclearization of the Peninsula," he said. "We will make every effort to help the talks achieve progress."

    Russian chief delegate Alexander Alexeyev said on Thursday night that all the six parties wished to find a solution that satisfies every one concerned, "But this is not an easy task."

    Alexeyev, also Russian deputy foreign minister, said that the six delegations had reached a consensus on 95 percent of the contents of the proposed common document, and were having a heated debate on the remaining 5 percent. Enditem ¡¡