North Korea says that its high-level delegation for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics has no intention of meeting with its U.S. counterparts during the games.

According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Thursday, Cho Yong-sam, director-general of the North American department of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry, said the country has never begged for dialogue with the United States and it will be the same in the future.

The director strongly criticized U.S. Vice President Mike Pence for saying that he did not request any meeting with the North Korean delegation and for asking Seoul authorities to make sure he will not meet with the delegation during his stay.  

Cho said the North Korean delegation's visit to the Winter Olympics is only to celebrate the games and that Pyongyang had no intention of using the Winter Olympics as a political tool.