North Korea is not planning any negotiations over its nuclear program with the U.S., a DPRK foreign ministry official said in Moscow on Friday.

Speaking at the at the 2017 Non-proliferation Conference in Moscow, Choe Son Hui, director-general of the North American Department of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the DPRK’s ultimate goal is a power balance with the United States.

“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not planning to hold talks on nuclear weapons and the U.S. has to get along with the DPRK’s nuclear status,” Choe said in comments carried by Russian media.

“This is a matter of life