UK KFA DENOUNCES WAR DRILL

UK KOREAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION


London 24th of February 2011

The UK Korean Friendship Association today issued the following statement in connection
with the decision of the US imperialists and south Korean puppets to go ahead with the
holding of the Foal Eagle/Key Resolve aggressive military exercises from the 28th of
February to 10th of March which involve a large number of US and south Korean puppet
troops.
These exercises fly in the face of the trend to relax the tension on the Korean peninsula and build confidence between the north and south of Korea.The holding of such
aggressive war exercises is tantamount to throwing a wet blanket over the magnanimous
peace proposals made by the DPRK.The holding of the exercises is an intolerable cchallenge to reunification and peace in Korea but also in north east Asia and the world.These exercises will result in greatly increased tension in Korea bringing the situation back to near war.
The independent and peace loving DPRK had several highly significant and constructive proposals for defusing tension,building confidence and for peace and reunification.These included the statement of DPRK political parties and organisations,
proposals for a meeting between lawmakers of the north and south as well military talks
between north and south.These proposals have been turned down by south Korea and
the military talks were abrogated by the south Korean side.Now the US imperialists and
south Korean puppets have shown their true faces as aggressors and war provokers to
the world by pushing ahead with holding such aggressive exercises as Foal Eagle/Key
Resolve.
These exercises not only threaten the independence and dignity of the DPRK,representing
an iinsidiousattempt to stifle Juche socialism by military force but vastly increase the danger of war and conflict in east Asia.If a war is started by these exercises it could
quickly become a 'nuclear exchange' and involved other countries in the Asia -Pacific.

UK KFA demands that these exercises are cancelled unconditionally and immediately.
The US and south Korea must refrain from provoking a war.

UK KFA