U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington was still open to negotiations with Pyongyang on Tuesday, speaking to assembled reporters at the State Department.

The remarks come as Washington and Pyongyang took an apparent step back from a slew of threats last week.

“We continue to be interested in trying to find a way to get to dialogue, but that’s up to [Kim Jong Un],” Tillerson said.

North Korea on Tuesday appeared to hold back on plans to launch ballistic missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam, with Kim Jong Un saying he would “watch a little more the foolish and