1 -The Portuguese Communist Party expresses its concern
over the recent events and the rising tension in the Korean Peninsula which
constitute a serious threat to peace in the region and the world. The PCP calls
for a restraint by all parties and the immediate resumption of the negotiations
based on mutual recognition and respect.
2 -The Korean Peninsula remains divided for more than
half a century due to a brutal war, resulting from the US interference and
aggression. Tens of thousands of US troops and sophisticated military
equipment, including non-conventional, are stationed in South Korea. It is well
known that South Korea and the US have a history of provocations against the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in the economic, political as well as in
the military field. The PCP reaffirms its position that only a political
process of dialogue among equals, free from interferences and pressures foreign
to the interests of the Korean people, could pave the way for a peaceful
reunification of the country and the construction of a unified Korea, free from
foreign bases and military forces.
3 -Warning to the dangers resulting from the threats and
bellicist rhetoric, the displacement of powerful US military means to the
Asia-Pacific region and the holding of clearly hostile and provocative military
exercises, the PCP calls on all the involved parties to refrain from carrying
out actions of unpredictable consequences to the peoples of the region and to
the international security. The PCP emphasizes that it is in imperialism’s
aggressive policy that lies the escalation of tension and destabilization in
the region, regardless of the way the leaders of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea have dealt with the breach of agreements, hostile measures
and increasing provocations carried out by the US. The PCP also draws attention
to the fact that the most recent events in the Korean Peninsula cannot be
dissociated from the process of militarization of the South Pacific led by the
US, with the displacement of vast military means and the strengthening of its
presence in the various military bases in the region, in a clear geostrategic
relocation aimed at the People’s Republic of China, or from the growing
aggressiveness and bellicism shown by the imperialist powers in the different
regions of the globe, like the Middle East and Africa.
4 -The PCP draws attention to the fact that the wars of
aggression carried out in recent years by the NATO powers against countries
that had destroyed their arsenals of non-conventional weapons (like Iraq and
Libya) and the development of nuclear arsenals by some countries in violation
of the treaty of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (as is the case of
Israel, India and Pakistan) are undeniable factors stimulating the proliferation
of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The PCP reaffirms its position of
defence of a world free from nuclear weapons, and reminds that the
non-proliferation treaty advocates the simultaneous dismantling of the existing
nuclear arsenals of the world.
5 -The PCP regrets the positions of the Portuguese
Government, expressed by Minister Paulo Portas during his visit to Japan, of a
total and uncritical alignment with the US positions, a position that does not
contribute to the necessary defusing of the tension in the Korean Peninsula.
9th April 2013 Press Office PCP
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