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U.S. Urged to Terminate Its Military Presence in S. Korea

KCNA

Release Date: 9/12/2003

Pyongyang, September 11 (KCNA) -- Jitendra Sharma, chairman of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, issued a statement on September 6 58 years after the U.S. troops' occupation of south Korea.

He said that the U.S. military occupation of south Korea was totally illegal from its start. No sooner had the U.S. troops occupied south Korea on September 8, 1945 than they forcibly dissolved the people's committees organized at the initiative of the patriotic democratic forces of all social strata while enforcing their "military rule", he noted.

He said that the U.S. continued military presence in south Korea is a wonton violation of the Korean Armistice Agreement and quite contrary to the resolution of the 30th U.N. General Assembly.

All facts clearly prove that the U.S. imperialists are, indeed, aggressors who are gravely threatening the peace and security on the Korean peninsula and the world and an evil band of outlaws defying the U.N. Charter, international law and world public opinion,he said.

He noted that if lasting peace is to settle on the Korean peninsula and Korea is to be reunified, the United States should drop its hostile policy toward the DPRK and put an end to its troops' presence in south Korea.

If the U.S. truly wants a peaceful solution to the Koran issue, it should withdraw its troops and mass destruction weapons including the nuclear weapons from south Korea without delay.