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I welcome the agreement announced today at the Six Party Talks in
In September 2005, we agreed on a Joint Statement that charted the way forward toward achieving a nuclear weapons-free peninsula. In February 2007, the participants in the Six Party Talks announced a set of first steps toward implementing that agreement. Today’s announcement maps out additional steps toward our ultimate goal of full and verifiable denuclearization.
Under the agreement reached today,
The other parties -- including the United States -- are providing economic and energy assistance to
I commend Secretary Rice, Ambassador Hill, and our negotiating team for their hard work and dedication to this important effort, which will help secure the future peace and prosperity of the Northeast Asian region.