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EU troika to hold talks with North Korea

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Brussels, March 6, IRNA
EU-North Korea
A European Union delegation will travel to Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, Tuesday for two days of high-level political talks.

The aim of the trip by the EU Troika is to promote rapid implementation of an agreement reached on February 13 in Beijing during the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, said a statement by the current German EU Presidency.

The EU delegation will emphasize that the EU expects the six-party talks to continue with a view to implementing all the agreements included in the Joint Statement of 19 September 2005, noted the statement.

The European Union is committed to security and stability in the region and to the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula, it said.

For the EU, the trip also is of an exploratory nature since the outcome of the visit will provide important guidelines for discussions within the EU as to its future relations with North Korea.

The troika delegation comprises Germany's current EU presidency as well as representatives of the European Commission and the general secretariat of the European Union.

Portugal, which will take over the EU presidency after Germany, will also participate.

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