Rodong Sinmun Urges S. Korean Authorities to Take Proper Stand toward Inter-Korean Agreements

Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- To set store by the agreements common to the nation and honestly implement them is the only way of removing the danger of war on the Korean peninsula, improving the north-south relations and opening a new chapter for reconciliation, cooperation, peace and reunification, says Rodong Sinmun in an article Thursday. It goes on: The three principles of national reunification, the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration agreed upon and declared by the north and the south of Korea serve as a great programme for independent reunification, agreements common to the nation to be invariably held aloft in improving the inter-Korean relations and solving the issue of national reunification as they reflect the desire and requirements of Koreans and specific conditions of Korea. The attitude toward the three principles of national reunification and joint declarations distinguish reunification, peace and patriotism from division, war and treachery. If the inter-Korean agreements are nullified with the change of situation and the replacement of regime in south Korea, no agreement to be made by the north and the south will prove useful. The south Korean authorities should be well aware of the desire of all Koreans and requirements of the times and abandon their attitude and stand of denying the agreements common to the nation. -0-