Pyongyang, June 29 (KCNA) -- The International Liaison Committee
for Reunification and Peace in Korea made public a statement on its
Internet homepage on June 18, 55 years after the start of the war
of aggression against the DPRK by the U.S. imperialists. The
statement lashed out at the shameless U.S. for having infringed
upon the sovereignty of the Korean nation by keeping its aggressor
forces in south Korea for the last 60 years in contravention of
international law and the UN Charter.
The U.S. is challenging the legitimate demand of the Korean nation
fully supported by the progressive people of the world at a time
when the north and the south of Korea are now working hard to
achieve national reconciliation and independent reunification of
the country after the adoption of the June 15 joint declaration in
the present times, the statement noted.
Demanding the U.S. pull out its troops from south Korea without
delay, the statement said that this is the best way for the Korean
people to carve out their destiny independently and a basic
requirement for putting an end to the U.S. hostile policy toward
the DPRK and realizing the denuclearization and peace on the Korean
Peninsula and important condition for protecting global peace and
security.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Korea and
the 60th year since the division of Korea into the north and the
south by the U.S., the statement said, calling on all the
progressive people of the world to conduct a more dynamic
international solidarity movement to force the U.S. troops to quit
south Korea and put the earliest possible end to the U.S.
interference in the internal affairs of Korea.