Six-party talks

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Six-party talks
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese六方會談
Simplified Chinese六方会谈
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiùfāng Huìtán
Listenⓘ
Japanese name
Kanji六者会合
Kanaろくしゃかいごう
Transcriptions
RomanizationRokusha Kaigō
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl륙자 회담
Hancha六者會談
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationRyukja hoedam
McCune–ReischauerRyukcha hoedam
South Korean name
Hangul육자 회담
Hanja六者會談
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationYukja hoedam
McCune–ReischauerYukcha hoedam
Russian name
RussianШестисторо́нние перегово́ры
RomanizationShestistorónniye peregovóry

The six-party talks aimed to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. There was a series of meetings with six participating states in Beijing:[1]

These talks were a result of North Korea withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2003. Apparent gains following the fourth and fifth rounds were reversed by outside events. Five rounds of talks from 2003 to 2007 produced little net progress[2] until the third phase of the fifth round of talks, when North Korea agreed to shut down its nuclear facilities in exchange for fuel aid and steps towards the normalization of relations with the United States and Japan.[3][4] Responding angrily to the United Nations Security Council's Presidential Statement[5] issued on April 13, 2009, that condemned the North Korean failed satellite launch, the DPRK declared on April 14, 2009, that it would pull out of Six Party Talks and that it would resume its nuclear enrichment program in order to boost its nuclear deterrent.[6] North Korea also expelled all nuclear inspectors from the country.[7]

  1. ^ "The Six-party Talks Kicked off". Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations. 27 August 2003. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ "6-party talks: 2nd phase, 5th round". Xinhua News Agency. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2006.
  3. ^ "Rice hails N Korea nuclear deal". BBC News. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
  4. ^ Scanlon, Charles (13 February 2007). "The end of a long confrontation?". BBC News. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
  5. ^ "UNSC Presidential Statement" (PDF). United Nations. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  6. ^ "DPRK Foreign Ministry Vehemently Refutes UNSC's "Presidential Statement"". KCNA. 14 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  7. ^ Landler, Mark (15 April 2009). "North Korea Says It Will Halt Talks and Restart Its Nuclear Program". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2010.