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Inter-Korean Summit and Panmunjom Declaration Welcomed
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- Ri Tong Je, chairman of the Association of Koreans in Japan for Peaceful Reunification, issued a statement on May 5 to back and welcome the historic north-south summit meeting and Panmunjom declaration.

Panmunjom witnessed the historic north-south summit on April 27, 2018, which attracted the attention of all the fellow countrymen who have longed so impatiently for the national reunification and of the whole world, the statement said.

The exciting fact that the respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un crossed freely the dividing line between the north and the south at Panmunjom with President Mun Jae In hand in hand will go down in the history of national reunification, the statement noted.

It praised the historic summit and the adoption of the declaration as the national historic great event to inform the people of the start of new history of national reconciliation and peace and the new era and co-prosperity and reunification.

It continued:

The Panmunjom declaration is a milestone to end the history of national division and the abnormal truce and open a new era of reunification.

We warmly back and welcome the historic summit and declaration the Supreme Leader provided with his idea of national independence and outstanding leadership.

The association will intensify the solidarity and unity with the compatriots in the north, the south and abroad aspiring to justice and truth and peace and reunification so as to fulfill the mission in the national reunification movement on a new stage.

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