Six-party talks

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States participating in the six-party talks: Japan North Korea Russia South Korea United States China
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China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

The North Korean nuclear weapons program was negotiated in the six-party talks .

The participating nations are North Korea and the neighboring countries South Korea , People's Republic of China and Russia , as well as Japan and the United States . The talks are intended to bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict. However, the negotiations are almost regularly boycotted by one of the parties.

North Korea was accused of maintaining a secret nuclear weapons program until the North Korean government officially admitted possession of operational nuclear weapons on February 10, 2005 and at the same time withdrew from six-party talks. With the help of far-reaching delivery systems , North Korea is able to reach at least all of its neighboring states, including South Korea.

On February 13, 2007, an agreement was made with the North Korean side's commitment to close all North Korean nuclear facilities (including those in Nyŏngbyŏn ) in exchange for economic, humanitarian and energy aid worth 1,000,000  tonnes of heavy fuel oil and to allow inspections by foreigners . Aid for 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil should initially be delivered within 60 days.

On April 14, 2009, North Korea announced its withdrawal from the talks after international criticism of a North Korean missile test.

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Individual evidence

  1. The Chronicle of the Saber Rattle , Focus of May 25, 2009.