North Korea said Saturday that summit agreements reached between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in April and September last year are milestones for peace and prosperity.

North Korean propaganda outlet Uriminzokkiri said in a commentary that the summit declarations from last year succeed the spirit of the first-ever inter-Korean summit agreement, and that they are all milestones for peace, prosperity and unification.

Saturday marks the 19th anniversary of the very first inter-Korean summit held on June 15th, 2000. 

It assessed the inter-Korean agreements were a realistic declaration of peace to end the threat of war and hostile relations on the Korean Peninsula and to turn the peninsula into a permanent peace zone.

The outlet called  for accelerated implementation of the joint agreements, noting there are signals the situation may backtrack due to "sabotage by anti-unification forces." 

The Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the North's ruling party, also carried an article describing the 2000 summit declaration as a landmark event in Korean history.

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