The United Nations Command has proposed general-level talks with North Korea to discuss the recent mine explosion on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone blamed on the communist country, the UNC said Tuesday.

But the country has not yet accepted the offer, they said.

"The UNC has passed messages to the (North) Korean People's Army, proposing a general officer-level dialogue regarding the Aug. 4 mine incident," a spokesman for the UNC said. The proposals were made on two occasions on Aug. 10 and 13, he said.

But the North so far has not rejected nor accepted the offer, the spokesman noted.

Two South Korean staff sergeants were seriously wounded as they stepped on and triggered three wooden-box mines in the southern half of the DMZ in Paju, northwest of Seoul on Aug. 4.

After an investigation, the South Korean military and the UNC laid blame on the North for the explosion, defining it as a clear provocation and violation of the armistice agreement, which ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

If held, the UNC plans to convey the investigation result to the North Korean side and lodge a protest with them. (Yonhap)