EU Presidency Statement on the agreement to resume the six-party talks

Press release 438/2006
1 November, 2006

The Presidency of the European Union welcomes the agreement reached in Beijing on 31 October between China, the DPRK and the U.S. to hold a round of the Six-Party Talks in the near future.

The EU has consistently urged  the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks without delay and without preconditions. The EU will continue to actively support efforts to resolve the security issues on the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.