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Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU on recent developments in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The EU expresses its serious concern over the decision by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to withdraw from the Six-Party Talks, cease cooperation with the IAEA and restore its nuclear facilities. This contravenes the UNSC Resolution 1718 and overall efforts by the international community to help secure peace and stability on a future nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through the process of the Six-Party Talks.

The EU calls on the government of the DPRK to reverse its decision to expel IAEA inspectors as well as the decision to restore the nuclear facilities which have been disabled, to maintain its cooperation with the IAEA, to allow an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, as demanded by the UN Security Council's presidential statement, and to take such steps as will facilitate lasting stability and the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.

April 17, 2009