 On March 17, 2007, North Korea told delegates at international nuclear talks that it was preparing to shut down its main nuclear facility.The agreement was reached following a series of six-party talks, involving North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia, Japan, and the United States begun in 2003.According to the agreement, a list of its nuclear programs would be submitted and the nuclear facility would be disabled in exchange for fuel aid and normalization talks with the United States and Japan.