BERLIN (AP) - The European Union will look into improving relations with North Korea if Pyongyang implements last month's agreement on its nuclear program as it has indicated it will, Germany's EU presidency said Thursday.

During two days of "detailed" and "frank" talks that ended Thursday, North Korea "expressed its determination to implement in full the 13 February agreement," the statement said.

The talks were with delegates from the EU presidency, the European Commission and the 27-nation bloc's Secretariat General, known collectively as the EU Troika.

The first phase of the agreement calls on North Korea to shut down its main nuclear reactor and allow U.N. inspectors back into the country within 60 days. In return, Pyongyang would receive aid equal to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil from the other countries participating in the nuclear talks _ the United States, South Korea, Russia, China and Japan.

The delegates from the Troika were also told that North Korea was committed to the Six Party statement signed Sept. 19, 2005, which set out security guarantees and other incentives that could follow once North Korea was committed to denuclearization, the statement said.

North Korea also "expressed its desire for more intensive contacts and increased dialogue with the EU," the statement said.

"The Troika made it clear that, should there be positive developments, the EU would examine concrete measures aimed at a gradual improvement in relations."

There were no further details.