DPRK Will Remain Committed to Independence, Peace and Friendship, Its Idea of Foreign Policy: Foreign Ministry

Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) -- Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un in his New Year Address reviewed with pride the achievements made by the army and people of the DPRK last year and clarified the stand of the DPRK government on its foreign policy. A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry declared in a statement on Thursday that the DPRK would carry through the tasks in the field of foreign policy, set forth in the New Year Address, and actively develop the external relations as befitting its position as a dignified power of independence and a nuclear weapons state. The statement said: We will certainly defend peace and security of the country by our own efforts and make active contributions to safeguarding peace and stability of the world. We will improve relations with all countries which respect our sovereignty and are friendly toward us, and will actively conduct multi-faceted exchanges and cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields with them. We will also make joint efforts to settle international issues like anti-terrorism, disputes and environment and promote development and prosperity common to humankind. We will as ever remain committed to the idea of our foreign policy, further raise the international influence of the DPRK and develop foreign relations on our own initiative and in a multilateral way. -0-