Prospects for dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea are increasingly narrowing, the DPRK’s foreign ministry warned on Tuesday, in a statement condemning a recent report by the State Department on Pyongyang’s role as a state sponsor of terrorism.

In comments carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a spokesperson for the North’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the U.S. comments — contained in its Country Reports on Terrorism 2018 released last week — were indicative of a continued “hostile policy” by Washington.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK condemns and fully rejects the reports