Six-party talks

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

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

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 also expelled all nuclear inspectors from the country.

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