North Korea has urged South Korea to swiftly take measures to ease heightened military tensions between the two Koreas.
 
The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a North Korean organization dealing with South Korean affairs, made the demand on Wednesday ahead of the 17th anniversary of the June 15th South-North Joint Declaration in 2000.
 
The committee said that Seoul’s pursuit of dialogue while putting pressure against Pyongyang is a self-deception.
 
It claimed that if South Korea sincerely wants peace, it should take steps to block the U.S.’ aggressive and hostile acts against the North rather than taking issue with Pyongyang’s self-defensive nuclear weapons.