The statement said:

The Juche idea followers in the African region strongly demand the south Korean authorities unconditionally send back the detained DPRK residents who were adrift in the East Sea of Korea in line with the UN Charter and the international conventions on human rights.

International and national bodies should neither remain indifferent nor approach the matter selectively but denounce the crime and demand the immediate repatriation of the three DPRK residents who were detained against their will.

All the Koreans in the north and the south and overseas love peace and wish for national reunification as they are members of the homogeneous nation with thousands of years of history.

It is not beneficial to defy the Korean people's will.

The unanimous requirement of all the Korean people should not be turned away.