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All Koreans Urged to Remain True to June 15 Joint Declaration

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) -- The inter-Korean relations over the last five years have been characterized by the Koreans' adherence and implementation of the June 15 joint declaration reflecting their desire for peaceful reunification. The reality proves that the joint declaration serves as a banner for protecting peace from a war as it ensures peace on the Korean Peninsula and promotes reconciliation and peaceful reunification of the north and the south, while helping check the provocative moves of foreign forces for a war of aggression. Rodong Sinmun Sunday observes this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    The joint declaration set out the most correct principle for the realization of the peaceful reunification and indicated ways common to the Korean nation to achieve peaceful reunification.
    The joint declaration made it clear that the issue of the reunification of the country should be solved by the Koreans responsible for it independently through their concerted efforts, thus laying down "By our nation itself" as the common idea of reunification.
    The idea of "By our nation itself" guides the Koreans to reject the foreign forces' attempt at confrontation and war, pool their strength and realize cooperation in their efforts to achieve peace and peaceful reunification and thus makes it possible to prevent a war on the peninsula and achieve lasting peace and peaceful reunification.
    The joint declaration also stated that the north and the south would achieve the balanced development of the national economy through economic cooperation and revitalize cooperation and exchange in social, cultural, sports, health, environmental and other fields to deepen mutual confidence.
    It thus converted the inter-Korean relations of confrontation and hostility into those of reconciliation and cooperation and laid a common groundwork for accelerating the process of the peaceful reunification of the north and the south.
    It is a vital task of the Korean nation for defending peace on the Korean Peninsula and achieving the peaceful reunification to remain true to the June 15 joint declaration and implement it to the letter.