CPM condemns rally on human rights in North Korea

New Delhi, Mar 18 (UNI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) today asked organisers of an international rally on North Korea's human rights record to call off the event, saying it was a ''deliberate provocation''.

Condemning the rally to be held in Brussels next week, the CPI (M) said it was a ''sinister political plot'' when relations between North Korea and South Korea were developing favourably.

The rally is being organised at a time when more and more people from the two countries are raising their voices for reunification, said the international department of the party.

The CPI (M) blamed the United States and the ultra-right forces in South Korea for organising the rally on March 22-23. The rally is aimed at tarnishing the image of North Korea and hindering the process of peace and reunification, it added.

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