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Closer National Cooperation Called for

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

    Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The recent August 15 functions for reunification marked an important occasion in reaffirming the inevitability and vitality of cooperation for reunification and patriotism in implementing the June 15 joint declaration and uniting all Koreans as one under the banner of reunification and patriotism. Rodong Sinmun Monday observes this in a signed article. It goes on: The cause of national reunification is one of all Koreans which can be achieved only when they join efforts and unite close as it is a work for the common interests of the nation.
    The cooperation for reunification and patriotism is one of the basic ways of implementing the joint declaration, a milestone of independent reunification. Realizing the above-said form of cooperation in implementing the joint declaration means all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas, the driving force for national reunification, pool their efforts and wisdom and achieve unity and solidarity for the common interests of the nation.
    This cooperation serves as an engine for strengthening the driving force for national reunification and remarkably increasing its role.
    The reunification of the country is a cause of national independence and it can be achieved only by the driving force of the Korean nation. This is an issue related to the destiny of the Koreans as it is an issue of rejoining their ties severed by foreign forces and establishing national sovereignty throughout Korea. The issue related to the destiny of the nation should be left to the Koreans in the north, the south and overseas to settle it by themselves.
    The above-mentioned form of cooperation also serves as an effective means for tapping and using the potentials of the nation to the utmost.
    National reunification is aimed at establishing national sovereignty throughout Korea and achieving the common progress and prosperity of the nation so that all Koreans can live in happiness in a reunified land. It is, therefore, quite natural and possible for all Koreans in the north, the south and overseas to solidarize, unite and cooperate with each other under the banner of reunification and patriotism.
    In order to achieve national reconciliation and unity, it is important to develop visits, contacts and wide-ranging dialogue among Koreans in the north and the south and overseas. The cooperation for reunification and patriotism can be achieved through visits, contacts and dialogue among Koreans.
    It is an unavoidable due obligation for any member of the divided Korean nation to find true worth of living on the road of reunification and patriotism.