Six-Party Talks

Six-party talks
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	六方會談
Simplified Chinese	六方会谈
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liùfāng Huìtán  Listen
Japanese name
Kanji	六者会合
Kana	ろくしゃかいごう
Transcriptions Romanization Rokusha Kaigō
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	륙자 회담
Hancha	六者會談
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Ryukja hoedam McCune–Reischauer Ryukcha hoedam
South Korean name
Hangul	육자 회담
Hanja	六者會談
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Yukja hoedam McCune–Reischauer Yukcha hoedam
Russian name
Russian	Шестисторо́нние перегово́ры
Romanization	Shestistorónniye peregovóry

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liùfāng Huìtán  Listen

Transcriptions
Romanization	Rokusha Kaigō

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Ryukja hoedam
McCune–Reischauer	Ryukcha hoedam

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Yukja hoedam
McCune–Reischauer	Yukcha hoedam

The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. There has been a series of meetings with six participating states:

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 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. Responding angrily to the United Nations Security Council's Presidential Statement 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. North Korea has also expelled all nuclear inspectors from the country.

The main points of contention are:

Objectives achieved

Representatives:
 South Korea: Lee Soo-hyuk, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 North Korea: Kim Gye-gwan, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
 United States: James Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
 People's Republic of China: Wang Yi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Japan: Mitoji Yabunaka, Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau
 Russia: Alexander Losyukov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

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