North Korea’s expectations for nuclear talks with the U.S. have been “fading,” a senior official with the country’s foreign ministry said in a press statement on Saturday.

Choe Son Hui, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, issued a press statement in response to a speech delivered by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday at the 101st American Legion National Convention.

Pompeo said at the event that the Trump administration “recognized that North Korea’s rogue behavior could not be ignored.”

In response, Choe said on Saturday that Pompeo had “provoked us once again by making