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Rodong Sinmun Calls for Implementing October 4 Declaration

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

   Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- A bright prospect for independent reunification, peace and prosperity is guaranteed only by the thorough implementation of the October 4 declaration, an embodiment of the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and the idea of "By our nation itself". Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    The October 4 declaration calls for independently settling the reunification question, attaching importance to the dignity and interests of the nation and subordinating everything to them in the spirit of "By our nation itself" enshrined in the June 15 joint declaration.
    The October 4 declaration clarifies a specific orientation and ways for expanding and developing the north-south relations by the concerted efforts of the Koreans.
    It serves as a banner encouraging the nation in its efforts to carve out its independent destiny because it is strictly based on the principle of national independence and the idea of "By our nation itself".
    The Inter-Korean relations have developed, cooperation has made progress and the reunification movement has grown in the June 15 era of reunification because all the Koreans have firmly adhered to the principle of national independence in the spirit of "By our nation itself".
    The October 4 declaration calls upon the Korean nation responsible for the settlement of the reunification question to further enhance its role at the present stage. All the questions arising in the inter-Korean relations and the movement for national reunification should be settled by the Koreans themselves as they are responsible for them. If foreign forces are allowed to interfere in them, this will create only complexities and difficulties in the way of settling them, making it hard to expect any solution.
    The anti-reunification forces at home and abroad are now making reckless efforts to play down the historic significance of the October 4 declaration and hamstring the efforts to implement it. But it is no more than the last-ditch effort of those swept away by the trend of the times.