A North Korean delegation set to visit the South will not meet with U.S. officials during the upcoming PyeongChang Olympics, a DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs official was quoted as saying on Thursday.

The comments, carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), were reportedly issued in response to “rambling” remarks by U.S. officials.

“We’ve never begged for dialogue with the U.S. and it will be the same now and forever,” Jo Yong Sam, a senior foreign ministry official, was quoted as having said by the KCNA.

“We clearly state that we don’t have the willingness to meet the U.S. side