DPRK postpones inter-Korean meeting and contact
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- The chairman of the north side to the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation in a statement on Saturday pointed out that it was compelled to postpone meeting and contact between the north and the south.
The South Korean authorities declared a dangerous "high alert posture" dubbed "DRC-2" against the north under the pretext of the Iraqi war, arousing deep concern of all the fellow countrymen desirous of reconciliation, cooperation, peace and reunification, he said, and went on:
We have made all sincere efforts to defend the peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and implement the June 15 Joint Declaration to the letter so as to promote inter-Korean reconciliation and unity and boost cooperation and exchange between them.
Contrary to this, the madcap Foal Eagle and Rsoi joint war exercises involving the U.S. ultra modern military hardware and huge armed forces are being staged in South Korea, driving the situation in Korea to the brink of war.
We cannot but express great surprise and deep regret at those who have created such situation by proclaiming "high alert posture" against the north which has worked hard to defend peace through national cooperation.
The behavior of the South Korean authorities is a rude perfidy to the dialogue partner and a reckless act of laying an artificial obstacle in the way of contacts and dialogue between both sides.
Such saber-rattling of one party to dialogue against the other dialogue partner compels us to postpone the second meeting of the arrangement-making panel for inter-Korean economic cooperation and the third contact for marine cooperation under the north-south committee for the promotion of economic cooperation scheduled to take place in Pyongyang from March 26.
The south side is to blame for this.
