The statement said that the said proposal is a fair and aboveboard and realistic proposal to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea.

To this end it is necessary to force the U.S. forces to withdraw from south Korea and the south Korean authorities should recognize the principle of independence, neutrality and non-alignment set forth in the proposal.

The inter-Korean cooperation and detente totally collapsed owing to the Lee Myung Bak group, pro-American conservative forces of south Korea, but it can never arrest the struggle of the Korean people to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country under the banner of "By our nation itself", it stressed.