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.