朝鮮宣稱韓國祕密建議舉行一系列峯會

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 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 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.朝鮮表示，它拒絕了韓國提出的在未來10個月舉行一系列3次峯會的建議。朝鮮官方的朝中社星期三報導了這一建議，並說，這一建議是在5月9日進行的前一次北京祕密會晤時提出的。該報導點出了3名參加這一會議的韓國高級官員的名字。

韓國統一部的官員和總統辦公室對美國之音說，他們不會立即對這一報導作出迴應，但說，他們準備迴應。朝中社說，在朝鮮權力很大的國防委員會證實了這次會晤。該通訊社援引一位發言人的話說，朝鮮代表對首爾的官員說，只要韓國對朝鮮仍保持敵對態度，並堅持讓朝鮮就去年的兩次軍事襲擊道歉的話，他們就不會同意舉行會談。