The appeal greatly encouraged them to make a turn for independent reunification full of fresh conviction, the statement said, and went on:

We support the appeal which proposed getting together to splendidly hold national reunification events to mark the 12th anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration and the 5th anniversary of the October 4 declaration this year.

It is important for all Koreans in the north, south and abroad to take active part in the events common to the nation to convert the chronicle of division into one of reunification.

They should also strive to reunify the country under the banner of "By the Korean nation itself" to carry out the instructions of general secretary Kim Jong Il, the great father of the nation at an early date.

We will fulfill the mission and duty we assumed before the nation by taking the lead in making breakthrough to independent reunification true to the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.