The issue of denuclearization is now off the table in any future talks between the U.S. and North Korea, the country’s ambassador to the UN said in a statement on Saturday, condemning the U.S. for what he viewed as its continued “hostile policy” against it.

In a statement distributed by North Korea’s mission to the UN to media, permanent representative Kim Song lashed out at a joint statement last week by European members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) condemning a recent missile test by the DPRK.

Accusing the U.S. of having secretly orchestrated that vote, and EU states