EU will be ready to "facilitate and support the follow-on negotiations and other steps" for a peace settlement. The IAEA director general Yukiya Amano welcomed the "Joint Statement of President Trump of the United States and Chairman Kim of the DPRK which includes the DPRK's commitment towards complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" He also added that "IAEA will stand ready to undertake any verification activities in the DPRK's nuclear program." NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomes US-DPRK summit, backs denuclearized peninsula and Jens added that "NATO strongly supports all efforts leading towards the eventual denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the USA–DPRK summit and expressed that it is "a crucial milestone" for peace of the world. Guterres urged the significance of "seize this momentous opportunity" and UN will assist utterly to achieve the goal of dismantling DPRK's nuclear weapons program.