Key points from the joint statement issued in Beijing by the six parties involved, North Korea, South Korea, the US, Japan, Russia and China:
• Pyongyang states it has the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the other parties express their respect and agree to discuss, at an appropriate time, the provision of a light-water reactor to North Korea
• The five other parties express willingness to provide oil, energy aid and security guarantees to North Korea
• The six parties reaffirm that the goal of the six-party talks is the verifiable denuclearisation of the peninsula
• North Korea is to return, at an early date, to the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and to International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards
• The United States affirms it has no nuclear weapons on the peninsula and has no intention of attacking or invading North Korea
• South Korea reaffirms its commitment not to receive or deploy nuclear weapons in accordance with a 1992 joint declaration, and affirms that there are no nuclear weapons within its territory
• Washington and Tokyo are to normalise ties with Pyongyang
• The six parties agreed to hold a fifth round of talks in Beijing in November