Seoul will “open a door for dialogue” and pursue diplomacy with Pyongyang despite growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, the presidential office said on Thursday.

Chief of the National Security Office (NSO) Chung Eui-yong convened a two-hour meeting of the standing committee of the National Security Council (NSC) at 3 pm KST.

The meeting came hours after Pyongyang repeated its threat to attack the U.S. territory of Guam with Hwasong-12 ballistic missiles, a plan that, the DPRK military said, was in the “final stages” of development.

“The standing committee… decided to seek all necessary measures to relieve tensions and to manage peace on