The statement charged that the south Korean puppet regime is misleading the public opinion inside and outside south Korea through the publication of what it called "results of investigation" into the sinking of warship "Cheonan" while the U.S. and its followers are getting frantic with smear campaign against the DPRK.

Their purposes are to use this case for misleading the public opinion and, at the same time, invent a legitimate pretext for slapping additional "sanctions" against the DPRK, it noted, and went on:

The DPRK has made consistent efforts for ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula in the basic spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.

The Communist Party of Sweden extends full support to the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people in their just struggle to frustrate the moves of the U.S., Japan and the south Korean authorities for aggression and defend the country's sovereignty.

The British Association for the Study of Songun Policy and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea in their joint statement on May 23 branded the south Korean authorities' claim that the sinking of their warship was linked with the DPRK as a deliberate provocation to it and a sheer fabrication made by the U.S. and south Korea.

The joint statement expressed support for the DPRK's stand that it would react to what they called "sanctions" with tough measures.