The statement of the DPRK government is giving all Koreans in the north, the south and abroad the new hope and conviction of the improved inter-Korean relations and national reunification and arousing patriotic enthusiasm for reunification among all Koreans in Japan, the statement said, adding:

The statement reflects the patriotic desire of the DPRK government to tide over the difficulties facing the nation, mend the inter-Korean relations and open a new turning phase of independent reunification.

The south Korean authorities should resolutely break with the inglorious past and take a big step toward the new future for reunification.

All the officials of Chongryon and other Koreans in Japan will dynamically turn out in the nationwide struggle to usher in the second June 15 era under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un, holding him as the lodestar of national reunification in high esteem.