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Religionists Call for Peace on Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- Religious organizations in countries and regions released statements on Dec. 14 calling for peace on the Korean Peninsula as regards the escalating military tension there.

The Evangelist Church of Germany (EKD) urged the south Korean authorities to stop all military actions, saying that the crisis of the peninsula should be settled in a diplomatic way.

The United Church of Canada (UCC) stressed that the tension of the peninsula should be eased through negotiation and dialogue.

On the danger of a war growing on the peninsula, the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) stressed the need to replace the Armistice Agreement with a peace treaty at once in order to prevent such dangerous developments.

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