Present there were people of Japan and south Korea.

A joint declaration was adopted there.

The declaration held that the "'Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty' was an illegal and invalid 'treaty' as it was not concluded according to free will from an equal stand."

It urged the Japanese government to probe the truth behind Japan's aggression of Asia, make apology and reparation to the victims of forced labor, military conscription, etc. and the comfort women for the Imperial Japanese Army and return cultural relics of Korea and remains of Koreans, etc.

The Japanese government should properly settle the crimes Japan committed during the period of its colonial rule over Korea and opt for normalizing the relations between Japan and the DPRK, held the declaration.