Attending it were representatives of overseas Koreans' organizations in Asia, Europe and America, including the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, the General Association of Koreans in China and the Federation of Koreans in the U.S., and other overseas Koreans, those related to the Russia-Korea Friendship Association and Russian experts on the Korean issue.

The DPRK ambassador to Russia, and staff members of his embassy and a delegation of the Committee for Overseas Koreans also participated in the meeting.

Prior to the meeting the participants watched the Korean documentary "Chieftain of Korean War" disclosing the aggressive nature of the U.S. imperialists who ignited the June 25 war.

Kim Chil Song, first vice-chairman of the International United Confederation of Koreans and chairman of the United Confederation of Koreans in Russia, made a report to be followed by speeches.

The reporter and speakers stressed the need to replace the Armistice Agreement by a peace treaty and force the U.S. imperialist aggressors to withdraw from south Korea as early as possible to settle the grave situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula and achieve peace, stability and Korea's reunification at an early date.

They called for thoroughly implementing the line and policies for achieving the peaceful reunification of Korea put forward by the great Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and the north-south joint declarations to ensure peace on the peninsula and attain prosperity and development common to the nation by concerted efforts of Koreans.

Experts on the Korean issue of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other personages also made speeches there.

The Cold War is still persisting on the Korean Peninsula because the U.S. has kept its huge forces in south Korea, deliberately disturbing atmosphere of ceasefire and evading the conclusion of a peace treaty for the last six decades, they said.

They urged the U.S. to conclude a peace treaty with the DPRK at an early date.

A declaration marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Armistice Agreement was read out at the meeting.

It said that peace has not settled on the Korean Peninsula though 60 years have passed since the ceasefire.

There took place many meetings, talks and dialogues and agreements were reached between the north and the south of Korea and the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration signed by the top leaders of the north and the south were published. However, hurdles still remain in the way of defusing tension and ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula, it said, and went on:

Whenever the north and the south adopted agreements at the summit talks and multi-faceted dialogues and opted to implement them, the U.S. put brakes on those efforts.

The U.S. has put pressure upon the south Korean ruling forces, politics, economy and all other social fields. It staged joint military drills simulating a nuclear attack on the DPRK every year, further straining the situation on the peninsula.

The declaration ardently called upon all the overseas Koreans to fully support the proposal of the DPRK for concluding a peace treaty and turn out in the actions for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from south Korea, proceeding from the concern about the grave situation on the peninsula.

A letter to Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.

At the end of the meeting an art performance and reception were given by the United Confederation of Koreans in Russia.