DPRK's Consistent Stand and Will Steer Situation on Korean Peninsula

Pyongyang, August 21 (KCNA) -- Koreans' desire for reunification is daily growing as multi-channel dialogue has been held between the north and the south in accordance with the historic Panmunjom Declaration. The result of the 2nd north-south high-level talks is a clear manifestation of the consistent stand and efforts of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government to bring earlier peace, prosperity and reunification by thoroughly implementing the Panmunjom Declaration irrespective of any upheaval in the situation and surrounding climate. From the beginning of the year, pro-active measures have been taken one after another to steer the trend of the present situation on the Korean Peninsula true to the great patriotic call for a great change in the north-south relations and substantial results have been witnessed in the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration. The DPRK has made steady efforts to put an end to confrontation on the Korean Peninsula and improve the inter-Korean relations as intended and demanded by the nation, proceeding from a correct stand and attitude towards the Panmunjom Declaration. It is the fixed stand of the DPRK that the Korean nation is fully responsible for the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration under any circumstances. The improvement of the north-south relations related to the destiny of the nation is not one to be settled with the approval of someone. It is a bitter lesson in the checkered history of north-south relations that dependence on the outsiders to help settle the issue of the north-south ties will result in leaving the destiny of the nation to the tender mercy of outsiders and tightening the noose of subordination around the necks of Koreans. It can be said that the south Korean authorities have recently gone through many turns and twists over the issue of the north-south relations as they have not taken the consistent stand towards the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration. The stand and attitude towards the Panmunjom Declaration are the main criteria showing who wants the improvement of the north-south relations or pursues confrontation with the fellow countrymen. It is necessary not to read someone's face and put egoistical calculation above anything else but thoroughly implement the agreed points of the Panmunjom Declaration made public before all the Koreans and the world. Thorough implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration means the improvement and development of the north-south ties. An act of putting a brake on the implementation of the declaration should never be allowed. If Koreans accelerate the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration while pooling their efforts and cooperating with each other, a heyday would be opened in the development of the inter-Korean relations and a new history of national reconciliation and a fresh era of co-prosperity will be ushered in. Consistent are the DPRK's stand and will toward the implementation of the declaration. -0-