North Korea’s state newspaper said in an editorial Tuesday that the country is not interested in U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s suggestion of talks without preconditions.

The Rodong Sinmun said the North rejects the idea on the grounds that the U.S. wants the country to give up its nuclear weapons, regardless of whether talks occur with or without preconditions.

“The question is what the U.S. is aimed at,” the newspaper said, stating that Tillerson’s proposal did nothing to alter the U.S.’s attitude toward North Korea.

The Rodong Sinmun article was in response to comments made by Tillerson on December 12