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Joint Statement of Parties, Government and Organizations Supported

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

   Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Pyongyang-based papers today carry commentaries in support of the joint statement issued by the political parties, government and organizations in the DPRK for the purpose of ushering in the heyday of the cause of national reunification this year in conformity with the realistic requirement of the development of national history and the desire of the fellow countrymen. The main spirit of the statement is that all the Koreans should effect a great upswing in the cause of national reunification by turning out as one in the fulfillment of the three tasks laid down in the joint New Year editorial: attaching importance to the nation, defending peace and achieving unity.
    Noting that the call for making this year "a year of attaching importance to the nation, defending peace and achieving unity" is a very opportune patriotic call for reunification, which represents the realistic requirement of the movement for national reunification, the Rodong Sinmun analyst goes on:
    Now the Koreans in the north, the south and overseas are heading for reconciliation, unity and reunification hand in hand, guided by the idea of "By our nation itself". The anti-reunification forces within and without, however, are desperately clinging to anti-reunification moves, feeling uneasiness about this. The United States is putting pressure upon the south Korean authorities in an effort to throw a snag on the process of inter-Korean reconciliation while maliciously pursuing a hostile policy towards the DPRK with the sinister intention to block up the progress of the June 15 reunification era. With the south Korean anti-reunification forces following the U.S. in this, the peace of the country is endangered and dark clouds are hanging over the movement of national reunification.
    The Koreans should lift high the banner of attaching importance to the nation, defending peace and achieving unity, if they are to open the way of security and prosperity of the nation, repulsing the challenges of the anti-reunification forces at home and abroad. Only when the Koreans keep a tight hold on the above three tasks can they defend and promote the interests of the nation, smashing the outrageous interference and pressure of outside forces and the moves of the anti-reunification forces of south Korea for confrontation and war.
    The Minju Joson analyst calls upon all the Koreans to accelerate the reunification movement in response to the patriotic appeal to make this year "a year of attaching importance to the nation, defending peace and achieving unity" and turn out in the endeavors to fulfil these three tasks, full of conviction of victory.