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Kim Yong Sun calls for opening door of reunification by nation's concerted efforts

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Sun, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, dedicated an article titled "Let us open the door of national reunification by the concerted efforts of our nation" to the 3rd anniversary of the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration. In the article he wrote that it is a fixed determination and will of the WPK to thoroughly preserve and implement the joint declaration , a landmark of national reunification, so as to put an end to the tragic national division and open the door of national reunification by the concerted efforts of our nation.
    The article continued:
    The idea of achieving independent national reunification by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation, the core of the joint declaration, serves as a fundamental idea of national reunification in the Songun era as it was clarified by leader Kim Jong Il when meeting with the head of the south side and was specified in the joint declaration.
    The proposition "by our nation itself" fully represents the WPK's basic stand, principle and ways for achieving national reunification.
    It intensely deals with the three principles of national reunification-- independence, peaceful reunification and the great national unity--, the main idea of the July 4 north-south joint statement, laid down by President Kim Il Sung and which the north and the south made public after reaching an agreement.
    Achieving the national reunification by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation means achieving it independently by the efforts of the Korean nation itself, not by relying on outsiders, realizing it in a peaceful way, not by a war and accomplishing it through great national unity, irrespective of ideology, system, religious belief and property status.
    How to approach the idea of "by our nation itself" formulated by Kim Jong Il serves as a touchstone distinguishing independence, patriotism and reunification from flunkeyism, treachery and division.
    The WPK set forth "Let us accelerate the independent reunification by the concerted efforts of our nation" as a slogan for national reunification this year, Juche 92 (2003).
    The Korean nation should not discard but hold higher and more firmly the banner of "by our nation itself," no matter how the situation may change and how adverse the environment may be.
    The great national unity is basically required for implementing the call "by our nation itself" and it is most essential for solving national issues.
    The driving force of national reunification is the Koreans in the north, the south and abroad and whether the country is reunified or not entirely depends on whether these three parties unite as an invincible patriotic force for reunification or not.
    Those who support the June 15 Joint Declaration and come out for its implementation should be let to turn out as one in the movement for national reunification, not asking their past--whether they committed crimes against the nation or made misstatements in the past--and disregarding whether they are persons in authority, civilians, big tycoons, army generals or national assemblymen for ruling and opposition parties.
    It is a consistent stand and invariable view of the WPK to advance alongside those who come out to achieve independent reunification by the concerted efforts of the nation under the banner of the joint declaration, regardless of their past.
    All Koreans from all walks of life in the north, the south and abroad should not look back on the past but focus on today and pool the will for patriotism and reunification and keep step with each other towards morrow with the one idea of "by our nation itself."
    It is necessary to achieve national cooperation as the issue of north-south relations and the reunification issue are internal issues to be solved by the Korean nation.
    The north and the south of Korea should cooperate with each other in the basic spirit of the joint declaration. They should have a dialogue from an independent stand for national reunification and positively promote cooperation, exchanges and visits so as to meet the common interests of the nation and achieve its co-prosperity.
    The idea of "by our nation itself" serves as an all-powerful treasured sword and an ever-victorious banner for solving the issue of reunification.