North Korea said Tuesday it’s agreed to return to six-party talks over its nuclear program. President Bush welcomed the announcement at the White House.

President Bush: “We’ll be sending teams to the region to work with our partners to make sure that the current United Nations Security Council resolution is enforced, but also to make sure that the talks are effective; that we achieve the results we want, which is a North Korea that abandons her nuclear weapons programs and her nuclear weapons in a verifiable fashion in return for a better way forward for her people.”