North Korea has denounced the National Intelligence Service's disclosure of the transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit. 

In a statement issued on Thursday, the North's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said the transcript disclosure "without approval of the North is a mockery of the dignity of its supreme leadership and a grave provocation to the dialogue partner."

The statement went on to say that " it is clear to everybody that the minutes could not be opened to public without the personal approval of the present chief of Cheongwadae."

The North's response to the disclosure of the transcript comes three days after the minutes were revealed to the public. 

Experts say inter-Korean ties are likely to continue to be strained for the time being as the North's latest criticism over the transcript disclosure comes after it canceled high-level government talks with the South. North Korea called off the meeting just a day before it was set to begin on June 12th, raising issue with the ranking of the chief negotiators for the talks.