The U.S. and South Korean envoys in nuclear talks with North Korea will meet in Washington this week, South Korea’s MBC News reported on Tuesday.

The two diplomats — Stephen Biegun and Lee Do-hoon — will likely discuss the current state of diplomacy with the DPRK. Biegun is also the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, the number-two position in the department.

The meeting is set to take place amid a long diplomatic stalemate between Pyongyang and both Washington and Seoul, coming just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared that his country would never buckle under the pressure