Head of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei left for the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday to discuss and finalize the details of the agreement, which was made at six-nation talks last month in Beijing, to dismantle Yongbyon nuclear facility.
  
Before his departure, ElBaradei told reporters that his visit was only a first step in a long journey toward nuclear disarmament of the Korean peninsula, and he also looked forward to establishing a new framework for cooperation.
  
Although ElBaradei did not mention who he planned to meet in Pyongyang, he said they would discuss the broad framework of how to implement the new agreement which foresees that the agency will monitor and verify the freeze of the Yongbyon nuclear facility including the reprocessing facility.
  
Furthermore, ElBaradei also added UN nuclear inspectors had not been allowed to visit DPRK since December 2002 and his visit this time is expected to broker a return of inspectors to this country.
  
DPRK expelled IAEA nuclear inspectors in December 2002, and subsequently in January 2003, the country publicly withdrew from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
  
During last month's six-nation talks in Beijing, DPRK agreed to give up its nuclear weapons program and to shut down its Yongbyon reactor by mid-April.
  
Soon after the talks in Beijing, the UN nuclear chief said on Feb. 23 that DPRK had invited him to visit within the next few weeks for talks on its nuclear program. 

国际原子能机构(IAEA)总干事穆罕默德•巴拉迪于本周日前往朝鲜民主主义人民共和国(DPRK) 讨论并落实上个月在北京六方会谈中达成的协议的细节，拆除宁边核设施。 在巴拉迪离开之前，他告诉记者他的访问仅是朝鲜半岛无核化的“漫长旅程的第一步”，并且他还将寻求“建立一个新的合作框架”。 虽然巴拉迪没有提到他将在平壤访问谁，但他表示他们将“讨论如何执行新协议的主要框架， 这预示着代理机构将监控并查证宁边核设施包括再处理设施的冻结情况”。 此外，巴拉迪也补充说联合国核观察员自2002年12月被禁止访问朝鲜， 他期望以这次访问作为衔接，可以使观察员重返这个国家。朝鲜在2002年12月驱除国际原子能机构核观察员，随后在2003年1月，国家公开退出《不扩散核武器条约》(NPT)。 在上个月北京举行的六方会谈中， 朝鲜同意放弃核武器计划并且在四月中旬关闭宁边核反应堆。北京会谈后不久，联合国原子能首长在2月23日表示朝鲜已经邀请他在随后几周内访问，讨论朝鲜核计划。