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Jakarta – Peace in the Korean peninsula was the main focus of the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea during AAC plenary sessions at the Jakarta
Convention Centre, Wednesday (22/4). To realise such peace, support from Asian
and African countries is necessary.
So said the
Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic
of North Korea, Kim Yong-nam, in the first Plenary Session of the 60-year
Commemoration of the Asian African Conference (AAC) at the Jakarta Convention
Center (JCC), on Wednesday (22/4). “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
has a strong commitment to achieving world peace, including in the Korean
peninsula region,” Kim said.
As such, a
concrete effort to realise peace must be made through strengthening South-South
Cooperation. “Entering the 3rd millennium, the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea will play an active role in the realisation of economic prosperity and
peace,” he said.
Kim went on
to say that the spirit of the Ten Principles of Bandung in 1955 would
strengthen the unity of the peoples of Asia and Africa. “The birth of the Ten
Principles of Bandung cannot be separated from the tremendous spirit of Asian
African leaders to escape from imperialism,” he added.
The
principle of state sovereignty, Kim further explained, resulted in the
liberation of Asian African peoples from the shackles of colonialism. “Now,
with the new Asian African strategic partnership, progress in the social,
political, and economic sectors can be truly realised,” he said.
At the same
time, Kim expressed his belief in a need for mutual respect towards the
domestic affairs of any country. “Other countries have no right to criticise
our country, including the issues of human rights and nuclear weapons,” he
said.
He
reaffirmed that the mobilisation of foreign troops in the Korean peninsula will
definitely affect the peace process. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
and the Republic of Korea are still at war, and the two countries have signed
no peace treaty since the 1953 ceasefire. The Republic of Korea gained military
support from the United States during the conflict with the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea. (Translator: Muhardi)
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