EUHR comments on agreement at six-party talks on DPRK nuclear issue

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), made the following comments on the agreement reached today in Beijing on a package of measures to start the practical implementation of the September 2005 Six Party Talks Joint Declaration:

"This is good news. The EU has been consistent in calling on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to re-engage in dialogue and to take forward the agreement on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula reached in September 2005.

The positive steps announced today are the first stage in that process. I welcome it and I offer my congratulations to China as host and facilitator, as well as to all the other participants, for their success in securing this agreement.

The EU has underlined repeatedly its support for the Six Party Talks process, and will continue to consult with the Six to establish the best means by which the EU can assist the implementation of the September 2005 agreement."

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• EU Presidency Statement - United Nations 3rd Committee: Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (8/11/2007)
• DPRK nuclear issue: EUHR Solana welcomes agreement at six-party talks  (4/10/2007)
• North Korea: EU Commission earmarks € 2m emergency response to flood victims (28/8/2007)
• EUHR Solana welcomes shutting down of Yongbyon nuclear reactor by DPRK (16/7/2007)
• Non-proliferation Speech by EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (13/3/2007)
• EU Presidency Declaration on the Six Party Talks (14/2/2007)
• EU Presidency Statement - Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (9/11/2006)
• North Korean and Iranian delegates meet EU Parliamentarians (19/10/2006)
• EU Parliamentarians condemn North Korean nuclear test in debate with Solana (12/10/2006)
• "North Korea" - Speech by EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (11/10/2006)
• EUHR Solana welcomes closer links between Japan, China and Republic of Korea, and expresses support in the wake of DPRK nuclear test (10/10/2006)