SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea on Wednesday proposed sending 25 tons of powdered milk to North Korea in humanitarian aid, but the communist regime rejected the offer, Seoul’s Red Cross said.

The Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) hoped to ship powdered milk for infants in the North and it delivered the message through a bilateral communication channel at the truce village of Panmunjom.

The North, however, responded that it can’t accept the proposal, according to KNRC officials.

The KNRC sent 20 tons of powdered milk to the North in 2009.