A committee composed of civic bodies including the South Side Committee for Implementing June 15 Joint Declaration, the All-People Consultative Council for National Reconciliation and the Solidarity for Progress called a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 30 at which it called for people to open up a bright future of peace, prosperity and reunification with concerted efforts of the nation.
Now is the time to pool intention and wisdom of the Korean nation to say farewell to hostility and confrontation of the past, they pointed out.
It appealed to the people to implement and develop inter-Korean declaration agreed by the top leaders of the south and the north of Korea, to develop inter-Korean cooperation in an all-round way with the participation of broad segments of people and start a nationwide social discussion to achieve peace and reunification.