The U.S. forces' withdrawal is the unanimous desire of all Koreans, the statement said, referring to the U.S. imperialists' illegal occupation of south Korea after the Second World War.

It went on:

The U.S. troops in south Korea are a stumbling block lying in the way of Korea's reunification.

The Korean people aspiring after reunification are strongly demanding the immediate withdrawal of the U.S. forces from south Korea.

The Korean people's cause of national reunification which dynamically advanced under the wise guidance of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il is given steady continuity by Marshal Kim Jong Un.

The Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization joins the peace-loving progressive mankind in demanding the earliest possible pullback of the U.S. forces from south Korea so that the Korean people may achieve the reunification of the country by their own efforts.