Seoul: South Korean National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac announced that North Korea appears unwilling to engage in diplomatic dialogue with South Korea or the United States. This comes days after South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump expressed their desire to resume talks with Pyongyang at their important bilateral summit.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Wi made these statements a day after Pyongyang’s state media announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon visit China to attend a military parade this week in Beijing, paving the way for a possible trilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Wi told CBS that it would be “sensible not to have too high expectations for the possibility of dialogue” with North Korea. “At the moment, North Korea has not shown a willingness to engage in talks, either with us or with the United States,” Wi said.

He added that it would be best to wait for Pyongyang’s response “calmly,” given that it has taken a “very negative attitude” toward Lee’s peace overtures. He also estimated the likelihood of Kim attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea in late October as “very low.”

Commenting on Lee’s summit with Trump, Wi said the most obvious outcome was the building of a “personal relationship” between the two leaders, given Trump’s unconventional style of focusing on personal consensus. Although Seoul and Washington worked on a joint statement covering security, trade, investment, and economic cooperation, it was not released at the end of the summit because progress in some areas was deemed “slow” and required further consultations with ministries and parliament.

In addition to the shipbuilding agreement, Wi noted “tangible progress” in nuclear energy cooperation, including potential nuclear material export partnerships and a bilateral nuclear energy agreement. He said, “South Korea and the United States can jointly access third-country markets, while discussions are underway on granting South Korea greater freedom in uranium enrichment and reprocessing.”