North Korea on Friday rejected South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Liberation Day call to rekindle inter-Korean talks, saying it had “no intention” to resume dialogue with Seoul even after joint U.S.-ROK military drills end later in the month.

The statement, issued through the North Korean ruling party’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC), questioned the purpose of dialogue given recent events in the South.

“Even at this moment, there go on in south Korea joint military exercises against the DPRK,” an English-language version of the statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) read.  “Does [Moon]