The CPI bitterly denounces the south Korean authorities for having cooked up the case of warship "Cheonan" under the patronage of the U.S. and driven the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a war, the general secretary said, and went on:

The CPI highly estimates the progress made in the movement for Korea's reunification after the adoption of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and holds that the blame for the recently collapsed inter-Korean relations is entirely on the Lee Myung Bak "government's" policy of confrontation with the DPRK.

The CPI expresses full solidarity with the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people in their struggle.

We will as always stand by the Korean people in their struggle for the country's reunification.