朝鲜表示，它拒绝了韩国提出的在未来10个月举行一系列3次峰会的建议。朝鲜官方的朝中社星期三报导了这一建议，并说，这一建议是在5月9日进行的前一次北京秘密会晤时提出的。该报导点出了3名参加这一会议的韩国高级官员的名字。
韩国统一部的官员和总统办公室对美国之音说，他们不会立即对这一报导作出回应，但说，他们准备回应。朝中社说，在朝鲜权力很大的国防委员会证实了这次会晤。该通讯社援引一位发言人的话说，朝鲜代表对首尔的官员说，只要韩国对朝鲜仍保持敌对态度，并坚持让朝鲜就去年的两次军事袭击道歉的话，他们就不会同意举行会谈。
North Korea says it has turned down a secret proposal from its southern neighbor for a series of three summit meetings to be held over the next 10 months.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported the offer Wednesday, saying it was made on May 9 at a previously undisclosed meeting in Beijing. It named three senior South Korean officials who, it said, took part in the meeting.
Officials at South Korea’s Unification Ministry and the office of the president told VOA they could not comment on the report immediately, but said they were preparing a response.KCNA said the meeting was confirmed by the North’s powerful National Defense Commission. It quoted a spokesman saying its delegates told the Seoul officials there could be no meetings as long as the South maintains a hostile attitude toward the North and insists on an apology for two military attacks last year.