Pomminryon Calls for Ushering in New Heyday for Korea's Reunification

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The North, South and Overseas Headquarters of the Pan-National Alliance for Korea's Reunification (Pomminryon) released a joint resolution on Tuesday, the 45th anniversary of the publication of the historic July 4 joint statement. Noting the publication of the joint statement was an event of great significance in the history of the Korean nation as it opened a new chapter of dialogue and negotiations for the first time in the north-south relations that had been frozen by distrust and confrontation for decades and provided all Koreans with hope and optimism about national reunification, the resolution said: The birth of the three principles of national reunification helped the Korean nation dynamically advance the movement for reunification on the track of independence both in name and reality. The June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, the embodiment of the principles, let all Koreans renew their faith that reunification would surely come when they pool their efforts in the spirit of By Our Nation Itself. Expressing the will to open up a new heyday of national reunification by firmly preserving and thoroughly implementing the three principles of national reunification and the north-south declarations, the resolution said: 1. Pomminryon will adhere to the principle of independence in the movement for national reunification, the principle of prioritizing and firmly defending the interests of the nation. 2. Pomminryon will intensify the struggle to defend the lasting peace of the Korean peninsula from the war moves of the outsiders and their followers seeking to plunge the Korean nation into a nuclear disaster. 3. Pomminryon will wage a brisk campaign for realizing the solidarity and unity of Koreans of various circles in the north and the south and abroad under the uplifted banner of great national unity. -0-