Koreans in China held a meeting in Yanji City, Jilin Province of China on Jan. 7 to support the joint statement issued by the government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK. They included the Yanbian Regional Association of the General Association of Koreans in China and its affiliated branches and the Yanbian Regional Committee of the Youth Federation of Korean Nationals in China.

Speakers at the meeting said that the proposals made in the joint statement are very reasonable ones for improving the bedeviled north-south relations at an early date and opening a new phase for reconciliation and unity, independent reunification, peace and prosperity of the nation.

They urged the authorities of south Korea to stop at once the policy of sycophancy toward the U.S. and confrontation with their fellow countrymen bringing misfortune, sufferings and war disasters upon the nation and come out to dialogue and negotiation unconditionally.

Atmosphere for dialogue and cooperation should be created between the north and the south for their improved relations in order to avert the dangerous situation of war on the Korean Peninsula, said O Chang Il, chairman of the United Confederation of Koreans in Khabarovsk Territory of Russia, in his Jan. 13 solidarity letter to the DPRK mission in Khabarovsk.

He held that the south Korean authorities should stop all actions of violating the desire of the nation for peace and prosperity.