Appeal of DPRK joint meeting hailed
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 24 (KCNA) -- The central standing committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) released a statement on March 22, fully supporting the appeal adopted at the joint meeting of the DPRK government, political parties and organizations. The statement called for waging a more vigorous struggle to defend the sovereignty and dignity of the nation in the idea of "by the nation itself" under the banner of the June 15 Joint Declaration and build an independent and prosperous, reunified country.
The appeal ardently called upon the 70 million fellow countrymen in the north and the south of Korea and overseas to pool efforts to safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of the nation and the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula under the uplifted banner of the joint declaration and thoroughly ensure the national cooperation in the idea of "by the nation itself".
The statement said that Chongryon would intensify the national unity among the compatriots irrespective of the difference in ideology, political view, religious belief and affiliation, under the slogan "Let us accelerate the independent reunification by the united efforts of our nation" and more valiantly join all the fellow countrymen in the struggle for peace against the U.S. and war.
