They are the Switzerland-Korea Committee and the Swiss Group for the Study of the Juche Idea.

The statement recalled that the inspection group issued the second installment of the statement disclosing in detail the truth behind Yonphyong Island shelling and proving that the counter-action taken by the Korean People's Army against it was a just measure for self-defense.

The statement said:

The KPA recently proposed the south side discussing the danger of possible clash and dispute in the future and measures for preventing them at the preliminary talks for opening the north-south high-level military talks for the purpose of defending the peace on the Korean Peninsula and improving the north-south relations.

But the south side turned down this just and reasonable proposal, leading the negotiations to breakdown from the outset.

We assail the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces' war maneuvers and extend firm solidarity to all measures for self-defense to be taken by the DPRK.