North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left the door open for future negotiations with the U.S. if it accepts Pyongyang’s “irreversible” nuclear status, while rejecting all engagement with South Korea, state media reported after the conclusion of the Ninth Party Congress.

Kim warned that Pyongyang is fully prepared for either “peaceful coexistence or eternal confrontation” depending on Washington’s approach to the DPRK’s nuclear program, the ruling party daily Rodong Sinmun stated in a comprehensive post-congress report on Thursday.

“If the U.S. respects our country’s current status as stipulated in the Constitution of the DPRK and withdraws its hostile policy toward