Saying that the last Fatherland Liberation War was a just war on the part of the Korean people to defend the dignity and sovereignty of the country and nation from the aggression by the U.S., the statement stressed that the Korean people won a brilliant victory in the war under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung.

It charged that forgetful of the lesson from the Korean War, the U.S. is rendering the situation of the Korean Peninsula extremely tense while engaging itself in all sorts of provocations including joint military maneuvers against the DPRK.

Expressing deep apprehension over the joint naval exercises recently launched by the south Korean authorities with the U.S., the statement extended full support and solidarity to the DPRK's principled stand to defend the sovereignty of the country and nation and ensure peace in the Korean Peninsula.

It bitterly condemned the U.S. and the south Korean authorities for committing provocations to steadily escalate the tension in the peninsula and urged them to immediately halt to every action that may bring great calamities to the Korean nation.

Meanwhile, Torstein Engelskjon, chairman of the Friendship Society Norway-Korea, issued a statement on July 20 on the same occasion.