U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that negotiations with North Korea will not happen by the end of this month, a tentative date for the resumption of talks suggested by Pyongyang.

Speaking at a press conference in New York where the U.S. diplomat is attending the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Pompeo also declined to give a definite timeline for when the negotiations might resume.

“We have seen these public statements that we were hopeful that there would be working-level meetings by the end of this month,” Pompeo said.

“We’ve not been able to make those happen and we