Seoul, South Korea ? North Korea on Saturday renewed an offer to hold high-level talks with South Korea, a week after the North abruptly canceled such a meeting.

The proposal came a day after the communist state appeared to announce steps that could yield six to eight bombs within months.

In its statement Saturday, North Korea proposed holding a Cabinet-level sessions on April 27-29 in Pyongyang.

The North suspended several talks including a Cabinet-level meeting last week amid tension over the nuclear weapons issue.

On Friday, South Korea’s Unification Ministry urged North Korea to come to inter-Korean dialogue as soon as possible to discuss peace on the Korean Peninsula.