Accusing the drills for invading the DPRK, the statement extended support and solidarity to the Korean people in their struggle for defending sovereignty, justice and peace.

Referring to the scale and danger of the drills and introducing the statement of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the statement said:

The DPRK and its people have the right to launch a preemptive strike at the aggressors.

The KPA General Staff solemnly declared its will to mercilessly eliminate all those involved in the "operation for advancing into Pyongyang" and blow up all their plot-breeding bases.

The International League of People's Struggle called on all its affiliated organizations to criticize the joint military drills.

It also called for dismissing the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces as arch criminals aggravating the situation on the Korean peninsula and threatening regional peace.