당일치기로 판문점에서 열렸던 1, 2차 남북정상회담과 달리 남북 양측 모두 실무적으로 준비해야 할 것이 많아졌다.
Unlike the first and second Inter-Korean summit, which were one-day summits in Panmunjom, both the North and the South were more things to prepare at the working-level.