N Korea calls for summit delay to October
North Korea asks for its landmark summit with South Korea to be postponed until early October.
By Agencies |
SEOUL: North Korea has asked for its landmark summit with South Korea, originally scheduled for later this month, to be postponed until early October, citing severe flood damage, officials said on Saturday.
"North Korea asked for the summit to be put off until early October," South Korean presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-Seon told journalists.
In response, South Korea accepted the North's request and proposed holding the summit on October 2-4 in Pyongyang, Cheon said.
The summit, only the second ever in history, had been scheduled for August 28-30 in the North Korean capital.
The isolated communist state is struggling to recover from devastating floods that have left almost 300 people dead or missing and about 300,00 others homeless.
South Korea, the United States and international agencies yesterday offered aid to North Korea following the flooding, which caused huge crop losses in a nation already unable to feed its people.
"North Korea asked for the summit to be put off until early October," South Korean presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-Seon told journalists.
In response, South Korea accepted the North's request and proposed holding the summit on October 2-4 in Pyongyang, Cheon said.
The summit, only the second ever in history, had been scheduled for August 28-30 in the North Korean capital.
The isolated communist state is struggling to recover from devastating floods that have left almost 300 people dead or missing and about 300,00 others homeless.
South Korea, the United States and international agencies yesterday offered aid to North Korea following the flooding, which caused huge crop losses in a nation already unable to feed its people.
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