He hailed the north's proposal for holding the great national conference for reunification and urged the political parties, organizations and individual personages of the south side to immediately opt for forming the south side preparatory committee for the joint conference.

To hold the great national conference for peace and independent reunification on the Korean peninsula at a time when the danger of a nuclear war is increasing is an important task directly linked with the destiny of the nation and an urgent requirement of the national history, he noted.