62nd Anniversary of Workers' Party of Korea

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62nd Anniversary of Workers' Party of Korea

Message of Congratulations

National Reunification:
Historic Second Inter-Korean Summit

China, UN Secretary General Welcome Positive Results

Declaration for Development of North-South Relations and Peace and Prosperity

Six-Party Talks:
Second Session Takes Place Despite US Provocations

Joint Statement of Six-Party Talks

October 10 marked the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). To celebrate this occasion, the Friends of Korea held a public meeting in London on October 7. The meeting was held under the title of "Building a Revolutionary Party – the Korean Experience".

After a brief history of the Workers’ Party of Korea and its importance, given by Andy Brooks of the New Communist Party, Jong In Song, Counsellor at the Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in London, addressed the topic of the meeting. His excellent speech gave a very vivid picture of the significance of the WPK, beginning from the present and focusing on the actual experience of building such a revolutionary party, and the principles on which it is based.

Founded by Comrade Kim Il Sung and under the present leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Il, the WPK has led the people of the DPRK for 62 years to build an independent, prosperous socialist country. From the time of its founding, the WPK has faced severe tests including the brutal war of aggression launched by the United States under the banner of the United Nations from 1950-53. This aggression devastated much of Korea and resulted in the loss of some four million lives, the majority of whom were civilians. It was the WPK under the leadership of Kim Il Sung which mobilized the Korean People's Army and the people to defeat the US aggressors and force them to sign the Armistice Agreement in 1953. After the war, the WPK mobilised the people to rebuild their devastated country in record time and to build a self-reliant economy despite a crippling embargo imposed by the US and constant military threats which have escalated in the recent period.

From its inception, the WPK took up the historic task of Korean reunification. It has provided the political leadership to mobilise the entire Korean people toward realizing the task of national reunification under the banner of "by the nation itself". It calls on all Koreans to work together to oust the US military from south Korea and to reunify their country peacefully and independently without outside interference. In recent years this leadership has given rise to significant results, including the June 15, 2000 North-South Joint Declaration and now the 2007 declaration signed at the second inter-Korean summit. Each of these agreements mark the advances made by the movement for reunification and provide a framework and impetus for its further development by laying out concrete tasks in order to build trust and co-operation between Koreans on both sides of their divided country.

WDIE is reprinting below the message unanimously adopted at the Friends of Korea meeting to great applause.

To Kim Jong Il
General Secretary, Workers’ Party of Korea
Chairman of the National Defence Commission
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Dear Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il

This meeting convened to mark the 62nd anniversary of the foundation of the Workers’ Party of Korea conveys to you its warmest congratulations and through you sends its warmest best wishes to the Korean people.

This meeting applauds with great joy the signing on October 4 of the Declaration for the Development of North-South Relations and Peace and Prosperity. This Declaration represents a victory for the policy for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula formulated by President Kim Il Sung and carried forward and creatively developed by yourself and the Workers’ Party of Korea. It truly reflects the aspirations and the united will of the Korean people for reunification. Korea Is One!

Furthermore, your far-sighted leadership and the implacable stand of the Workers’ Party of Korea was also evident in the outcome of the Six-party Talks in which the US agreed to take such political measures as delisting the DPRK as a sponsor of terrorism and putting an end to the application of the Trading with the Enemy Act according to the principle of "action for action".

The DPRK has the inviolable right to defend its sovereignty and independence, and develop the human and material resources to do so. It is the US military presence which has been a threat to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula for more than 60 years, since the division of the nation following the Second World War. It is the US that introduced nuclear weapons into the Korean Peninsula, in violation of the Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953.

The development of Songun politics under your leadership and that of the Workers’ Party of Korea is the sure weapon to defend the achievements of the Korean people and to thwart all the plans of Anglo-US imperialism to stifle and wipe out the DPRK and to achieve world domination. This meeting particularly draws attention to the ever-escalating offensive against the DPRK using the fraudulent issue of "human rights". This offensive is designed in essence to impose by force the Anglo-American values of "human rights" based on neo-liberal globalisation, the sanctity of private property and the so-called "universal" validity of social systems based on that model.

May we wish you on this occasion good health and long life, and assure you that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you in our common cause of building a new and different world.

The historic second Inter-Korean Summit that was held in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on October 2-4, 2007. The first summit seven years ago was also hosted by the DPRK and produced the historic June 15 north-south agreement which led to a new era of relations between the two halves of the Korean nation. The intervening period has seen tremendous development of the work for Korean reunification with great strides being made through joint actions on the fronts of the economy, transport, culture and sports, including travel of dignitaries and family members separated by the division of Korea. Born of the success of the first summit, the second inter-Korean summit is thus an important milestone in the normalisation of relations between north and south Koreans. The success of the process is inexorably linked to the tenacious efforts of the DPRK to successfully defend its sovereignty. It doing so, it is protecting the reunification movement from US imperialist interference, allowing the Korean people to undertake the historic task in a manner which serves their national interest and no other. In this context, the second summit has significance for all nations and peoples. By keeping US imperialism in check on the Korean peninsula, the cause of world peace is strengthened. The summit epitomises the struggle of all those who are striving for peace, independence and self-determination, and for a world free of US imperialist domination, colonialism and war.

On October 2, President Roh Moo Hyun led a delegation of some 300 south Koreans to the summit. Travelling by car to Pyongyang for the summit, he became the first south Korean head of state to travel overland to the DPRK. At the Demarcation Line established in 1953 as part of the armistice agreement dividing Korea into north and south, President Roh stepped out of his car and crossed the yellow line on foot, symbolising the opening of a new era in north-south relations.

"After I return home, many more people will do likewise. Then this line of division will finally be erased and the barrier will break down," remarked Roh, adding that his visit would "tear down the wall of division, ease national pain from the division and lead to the path for peace and reconciliation".

Prior to his departure for Pyongyang, a televised statement by President Roh was broadcast in the south. In it, Roh vowed to put a new Korean Peninsula peace arrangement to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War at the top of his summit agenda.

"There will be various items on the agenda for discussion, but, among other things, I intend to concentrate on making substantive and concrete progress that will bring about a peace settlement together with economic development," said the president. "I firmly believe that things will progress well. This is because the two Koreas are likely to remain on the same path if we take a far-sighted and broad stand," Roh stressed.

Residents of Pyongyang from all walks of life lined up at the plaza in front of the April 25 House of Culture to greet the two heads of state. When Kim Jong Il appeared at the plaza, the crowd broke into thunderous cheers. Also present were Kim Yong Il, premier of the Cabinet, Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, Choe Thae Bok, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the SPA Presidium, Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, and leading officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, working people's organisations, ministries and national institutions.

At noon, a limousine carrying Kim Yong Nam, president of the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium, and President Roh arrived at the plaza. Amidst the playing of the welcome music, the crowd welcomed Roh, waving bouquets. Kim Jong Il exchanged a handshake and greetings with Roh Moo Hyun.

Roh was accompanied by Minister of Finance and Economy Kwon O Gyu, Minister of Science and Technology Kim U Sik, Minister of Unification Ri Jae Jong, Minister of National Defence Kim Jang Su, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Im Sang Gyu, Minister of Health and Welfare Pyon Jae Jin, Director of the National Intelligence Service Kim Man Bok and other suite members and reporters.

At the plaza Kim Jong Il and Roh Moo Hyun reviewed the honour guard of the three branches of the Korean People's Army. Women workers presented bouquets to Roh and his wife. The two leaders waved back to the enthusiastically welcoming crowd, passing before them.

While in the DPRK, the north and south delegations met for a series of bi-lateral meetings aimed at strengthening the growing relationship between both sides. President Roh also had extended meetings with Chairman Kim Jong Il of the DPRK National Defence Commission, for discussions to advance the political project of Korean unification.

As part of the summit, round-table talks were held among representatives in different fields in the north and the south on October 3. They included talks between politicians, businessmen, different industrialists and persons in the fields of culture, arts and science, figures of social organisations and media institutions, religious people and women. At the talks the representatives referred to the achievements made in the efforts to implement the June 15 joint declaration in the past.

They exchanged views on boosting the cooperation in order to contribute to achieving reconciliation, unity and prosperity common to the nation and accomplishing the cause of reunification in the idea of "By our nation itself".

Also on October 3, President Roh hosted a banquet at the People's Palace of Culture with various dignitaries from north and south attending, where he made a speech. He said that he would never forget the cordial hospitality accorded to him by fellow countrymen in the north. He extended thanks to Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il for enabling him and his party to have a pleasant stay in Pyongyang. The publication of the June 15 joint declaration marked an epochal turning point in placing the inter-Korean relations on the orbit of reconciliation and cooperation, he stressed. Changes hardly imaginable even a decade before have become a reality, he said, calling on the south and the north to pool efforts to usher in an era of prosperity. He extended best wishes for the good health of Kim Jong Il.

Kim Yong Nam spoke next. He pointed out that the exciting news that Kim Jong Il greeted and met Roh Moo Hyun upon the latter's arrival in Pyongyang is evoking a lively response at home and abroad. "We have the June 15 joint declaration, a great programme for reunification and the idea of 'By our nation itself', a mental mainstay common to the nation," he added. He called for implementing the joint declaration and thus opening the future of a reunified nation. He called on the north and the south to pool efforts to meet all challenges and independently pave the way for the nation.

Later that day members of both delegations attended the grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang", depicting the Korean nation's past full of ordeals, the present reality of the DPRK witnessing prosperity and development and the aspiration of the Koreans to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification and prosperity of the nation.

At the end of the summit, a joint Declaration for Development of North-South Relations and Peace and Prosperity was signed by Chairman Kim Jong Il and President Roh. The declaration further strengthens the spirit and principles of the historic June 15 Joint Declaration signed in Pyongyang in 2000, between Chairman Kim Jong Il and then south Korean President Kim Dae-Jung which ushered in a new era in modern Korean history -- the era of Korean Reunification. It calls on Koreans north, south and overseas to unite as one people to achieve national re-unification peacefully and through their own efforts.

The declaration lays out practical measures that will be taken up by both sides in the coming period to advance bi-lateral interests for the benefit of the Korean people. One of the principle points made in the declaration is for both sides to work towards replacing the Armistice Agreement signed on July 27, 1953 to end the fighting in the Korean War with a permanent peace treaty by involving other parties involved in the signing of the Armistice. This will contribute to easing tensions not only between north and south Korea, but also in the region.

As well, it re-affirms the commitment of the government of the DPRK and the government of the Republic of Korea to work in a co-operative manner and solve disputes respectfully and through negotiations without interfering in each other's affairs. The principles laid out are another nail in the coffin of US imperialist plans to meddle in the internal affairs of the Korean nation and to undermine the Korean people's just struggle for self-determination, independence and re-unification.

(Sources: Korean Central News Agency, China Daily, Al Jazeera)

China welcomes "positive results" yielded from an inter-Korean summit on promoting peace and cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao in Beijing on October 4.

"China always supports two sides of the Korean Peninsula to improve bilateral relations and realise reconciliation and cooperation through dialogue," Liu said.

"We welcome the positive results of inter-Korean summit and believe that it is conducive to the peaceful progress of the Korean Peninsula and to the peace and stability in the region," Liu said.

Also that day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the summit calling it a major step toward peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.

In a statement released by his spokesperson, Ban said the Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace and Prosperity, signed in Pyongyang by the leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea, is a major step forward to enhance inter-Korean cooperation as well as peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia.

He commended the two leaders' commitment to expand and advance inter-Korean relations, as well as to move towards permanent peace on a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula through increased bilateral dialogue, cooperation and multilateral diplomacy including the six-party talks.

Ban reiterated his support to the peace process on the peninsula, saying that "the United Nations stands ready to provide assistance as may be required, in cooperation with the international community".

(Source: Korean Central News Agency)

The following is the text of the declaration for the development of north-south relations and peace and prosperity was made public in Pyongyang, October 4, 2007.

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President Roh Moo Hyun visited Pyongyang from October 2 to 4, 2007 under an agreement reached between Kim Jong Il, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, and Roh Moo Hyun, president of the Republic of Korea. Historic meetings and talks were held in the period of the visit.

The meetings and talks reconfirmed the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and frankly discussed all issues related to boosting the north-south relations, achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula, prosperity common to the nation and reunification. Expressing the belief that the nation can open up the era of national prosperity, the new era of independent reunification, when it pools intention and strength, both sides declare as follows to boost the north-south relations on the basis of the June 15 joint declaration:

1. The north and the south shall uphold and positively implement the June 15 Joint Declaration.

The north and the south agreed to independently solve the reunification issue in the spirit of "By our nation itself", put the dignity and interests of the nation above all and orient everything to this objective. The north and the south agreed to push ahead with the matter of commemorating June 15 reflecting the will to invariably implement the joint declaration.

2. The north and the south agreed to definitely convert the north-south relations into those of mutual respect and confidence irrespective of differing ideologies and systems. They agreed not to interfere in the internal affairs of the other side but solve problems related to the north-south relations in favour of promoting reconciliation, co-operation and reunification. They agreed to adjust their legal and institutional mechanisms with a view to developing the north-south relations to meet the purpose of reunification.

They agreed to positively promote dialogues and contacts in all fields including parliaments of both sides to solve all the issues related to boosting the inter-Korean relations in line with the desire of the nation.

3. The north and the south agreed to closely co-operate with each other in the efforts to put an end to the hostile military relations and ensure detente and peace on the Korean Peninsula. They agreed not to antagonise each other but to ease the military tension and settle disputes through dialogues and negotiations. They agreed to oppose any war on the peninsula and faithfully honour the commitment of non-aggression.

The north and the south agreed to hold the talks between the minister of the People's Armed Forces of the north side and the minister of National Defence of the south side in Pyongyang in November this year with a view to discussing measures for building military confidence including the proposal for fixing waters for joint fishing in order to prevent accidental clashes in the West Sea and turning them into peaceful ones and the issue of providing military guarantees for various forms of co-operation undertakings.

4. The north and the south shared the understanding about the need to put an end to the existing armistice mechanism and build a lasting peace mechanism and agreed to co-operate with each other in the efforts to push forward the issue of arranging the meeting of the heads of state of three or four parties directly concerned on the Korean Peninsula and declaring an end to a war. They agreed to make joint efforts to ensure the smooth implementation of "September 19 joint statement" and "February 13 agreement" made at the six-party talks for the solution of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

5. The north and the south agreed to reenergise economic co-operation and make its sustained development on the principles of ensuring common interests and co-prosperity and meeting each other's need with a view to ensuring balanced development of national economy and achieving common prosperity. The north and the south agreed to encourage investments for economic co-operation and energetically push forward the construction of economic infrastructure and development of resources and grant various kinds of preferential treatment and special privilege to suit the peculiarities of co-operation undertakings between compatriots.

The north and the south agreed to establish "special area for peace and co-operation in West Sea" covering Haeju area and waters off its surrounding areas and positively push forward undertakings including the issue of setting waters for joint fishing and those for peace, construction of special economic zone, active use of Haeju Port, direct passage of civilian vessels through Haeju Port and joint use of the estuary of the River Rimjin.

The north and the south agreed to complete the construction of the first-phase project of the Kaesong Industrial Zone at an early date, start its second-phase development, begin the railway freight transport between Munsan and Pongdong and rapidly take all the measures for institutional guarantees including the issues of passage, communications and customs clearance.

They agreed to discuss and push forward the issue of reconstructing and repairing the railways between Kaesong and Sinuiju and the motorway between Kaesong and Pyongyang in order to jointly use them. They agreed to build zones for co-operation in ship-building in Anbyon and Nampho and conduct co-operation undertakings in different fields including agriculture, healthcare and environmental protection.

They agreed to upgrade the present "North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Co-operation" to the "joint committee for inter-Korean economic co-operation" at vice-premier's level for the satisfactory promotion of inter-Korean economic co-operation.

6. The north and the south agreed to develop the exchange and co-operation in the social and cultural fields such as history, language, education, science and technology, culture and arts and sports to add shine to the time-honoured history and fine culture of the Korean nation. They agreed to start the tour of Mt Paektu and inaugurate the Mt. Paektu-Seoul direct flight to this end. They agreed to let the cheering groups of the north and the south participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympics by using the train to run on the west coastal railroad for the first time.

7. The north and the south agreed to positively push forward the humanitarian co-operation undertakings. They agreed to expand the meeting of separated families and relatives and go ahead with the work to exchange video correspondence. To this end, the north and the south agreed to permanently post representatives of both sides at the reunion centre at Mt Kumgang resort when completed with a view to putting the reunion of separated families and relatives on a regular basis. They agreed to positively co-operate with each other in case of calamities including natural disaster on the principle of compatriotism, humanitarianism and mutual support and assistance.

8. The north and the south agreed to strengthen the co-operation in the efforts to meet the interests of the nation and rights and interests of overseas Koreans on the international arena. The north and the south agreed to hold the talks between the premier of the north and the prime minister of the south for the implementation of this declaration and decided to hold its first meeting in Seoul in November this year. The north and the south reached an agreement on ensuring that the top leaders of both sides meet from time to time to discuss pending issues for the purpose of developing the inter-Korean relations.

October 4, 2007 Pyongyang
Roh Moo Hyun, President of the Republic of Korea
Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission

The second session of the Sixth Round of Six-Party talks took place in Beijing, China September 27-30, 2007. The session reviewed the implementation of February 13, 2007, agreement, the first-phase measure for the implementation of the September 19, 2005 joint statement for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and discussed of the next phase of goals and commitments of the six parties, concluding with the adoption of a joint document. According to the joint document made public on October 3, the US decided to take such political measures as delisting the DPRK as a terrorism sponsor and putting an end to the application of the Trading with the Enemy Act in return for the DPRK's neutralisation of its nuclear facilities by the end of 2007 on the principle of "action for action" and the five parties decided to wind up the economic compensation equivalent to one million tons of heavy fuel oil whose supply has already started and is now underway under February 13 agreement.

Taking a principled stand as always, again the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) came to the talks in a sincere effort to move forward and discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, normalisation of relations with the US and other matters. Meanwhile, contrary to the spirit of the talks, the US has continued its posturing and provocations against the DPRK, including the spread of disinformation about the DPRK as a "nuclear terrorist state". In particular, disinformation that the DPRK has been supplying Syria with nuclear materials to make weapons of mass destruction and so on was carried in various US monopoly media such as the New York Times, as well as the British media in mid-September just before this most recent round of negotiations. The DPRK foreign ministry denounced these accusations which were not substantiated by the US. In addition, the US military continues to violate DPRK air-space. In September, over 110 acts of aerial espionage were committed against the DPRK using spy planes such as the U-2.

Such aggressive and duplicitous actions against the Korean people have characterised the US participation in the talks. The US imperialists have long-standing designs on Korea as a foothold for further expansion into Asia and therefore do not want to have a "normal" relationship with the DPRK. It is the DPRK that is leading the Korean reunification movement which will only succeed when all US troops are withdrawn from Korean territory. The movement represents the death knell of US imperialism in Korea and its geopolitical ambitions in East Asia. For these reasons, the US has shown unwillingness to follow through on its commitments vis-à-vis the Six-Party Talks. It does as little as possible to normalise economic and political relations with the DPRK even though this was one of the key points of the agreement from the very first session of the Six-Party Talks. Then, to add insult to injury, it tries to muddy the waters by covering up its obstructive and destructive conduct and appeal to base prejudices by saying the problem is the north Koreans. Nonetheless, the DPRK, under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea and Kim Jong Il, continues to show its political maturity and patience in handling this complex situation, ever with its focus on the ultimate goal of independent reunification of the Korean nation.

WDIE demands that the British government drop its own hostile and arrogant stand to the DPRK, and calls on the working class and people to demand that the US uphold its commitments in accord with the Joint Statement issued at the end of the second session of the Sixth Round of Six Party Talks.

A joint document, entitled "Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement", was released October 3 in Beijing after a two-day recess of the second session of the sixth round of the Six-Party Talks. The full text is as follows.

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The Second Session of the Sixth Round of the Six-Party Talks was held in Beijing among the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America from 27 to 30 September 2007.

Mr Wu Dawei, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, Mr Kim Gye Gwan, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, Mr Kenichiro Sasae, Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr Chun Yung-woo, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Alexander Losyukov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Mr Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State of the United States, attended the talks as heads of their respective delegations. Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei chaired the talks.

The Parties listened to and endorsed the reports of the five Working Groups, confirmed the implementation of the initial actions provided for in the February 13 agreement, agreed to push forward the Six-Party Talks process in accordance with the consensus reached at the meetings of the Working Groups and reached agreement on second-phase actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19 September 2005, the goal of which is the verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.

I. On Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula

1. The DPRK agreed to disable all existing nuclear facilities subject to abandonment under the September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 13 agreement.

The disablement of the 5 megawatt Experimental Reactor at Yongbyon, the Reprocessing Plant (Radiochemical Laboratory) at Yongbyon and the Nuclear Fuel Rod Fabrication Facility at Yongbyon will be completed by 31 December 2007. Specific measures recommended by the expert group will be adopted by heads of delegation in line with the principles of being acceptable to all Parties, scientific, safe, verifiable, and consistent with international standards. At the request of the other Parties, the United States will lead disablement activities and provide the initial funding for those activities. As a first step, the US side will lead the expert group to the DPRK within the next two weeks to prepare for disablement.

2. The DPRK agreed to provide a complete and correct declaration of all its nuclear programmes in accordance with the February 13 agreement by 31 December 2007.

3. The DPRK reaffirmed its commitment not to transfer nuclear materials, technology, or know-how.

II. On Normalisation of Relations between Relevant Countries

1. The DPRK and the United States remain committed to improving their bilateral relations and moving towards a full diplomatic relationship. The two sides will increase bilateral exchanges and enhance mutual trust. Recalling the commitments to begin the process of removing the designation of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism and advance the process of terminating the application of the Trading with the Enemy Act with respect to the DPRK, the United States will fulfil its commitments to the DPRK in parallel with the DPRK's actions based on consensus reached at the meetings of the Working Group on Normalisation of DPRK-US Relations.

2. The DPRK and Japan will make sincere efforts to normalise their relations expeditiously in accordance with the Pyongyang Declaration, on the basis of the settlement of the unfortunate past and the outstanding issues of concern. The DPRK and Japan committed themselves to taking specific actions toward this end through intensive consultations between them.

III. On Economic and Energy Assistance to the DPRK

In accordance with the February 13 agreement, economic, energy and humanitarian assistance up to the equivalent of one million tons of HFO (inclusive of the 100,000 tons of HFO already delivered) will be provided to the DPRK. Specific modalities will be finalised through discussion by the Working Group on Economy and Energy Cooperation.

IV. On the Six-Party Ministerial Meeting

The Parties reiterated that the Six-Party Ministerial Meeting will be held in Beijing at an appropriate time. The Parties agreed to hold a heads of delegation meeting prior to the Ministerial Meeting to discuss the agenda for the Meeting.