DPRK Government statement supported
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in a statement on Jan. 14 said that the statement of the DPRK Government is not only an expression of its firm will not to tolerate the U.S. moves to stifle the DPRK and its nuclear blackmail even a little but the most just self-defence step to defend the supreme interests of the state and protect the sovereignty, the right to existence and dignity of the country and the nation.
It was quite natural for the DPRK to pull out of the NPT for its supreme interests under the grave situation where the sovereignty of the nation is being violated and the security of the state is threatened, it noted.
Supporting the principled stand of the DPRK to solve the "nuclear issue" in Korea with the U.S. through negotiations, the statement urged the U.S. to immediately drop its hostile policy towards the DPRK and stop threatening it with nukes and opt for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S.
We express firm belief that the Japanese and other progressive people of the world will oppose the unilateral high-handed practices of the U.S. for domination and its hostile policy toward the DPRK and extend support and solidarity to the Korean people in their struggle for protecting the sovereignty and dignity of the country and nation, said the statement.
