United States President Donald Trump said, “We’ll have to see,” when asked if a planned meeting with North Korea’s leader will take place. On Wednesday, North Korea threatened to cancel the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. It said North Korea is not interested in “one-sided” negotiations only meant to cause the North to give up its nuclear weapons. North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Kwan released the statement on the state-run KCNA news agency.

He also criticized comments from U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. In April, Bolton called for the North to give up its nuclear and missile weapons like Libya. He told Fox News, "We have very much in mind the Libya model.”

The U.S. removed sanctions on Libya in exchange for a promise to give up its nuclear program in 2003. Eight years later, Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed by rebels. That was shortly before Kim Jong Un became North Korea’s leader.On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa. He told Kang that the U.S. continues to prepare for the meeting.

Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un recently to discuss issues including the planned meeting with Trump. On Sunday, Pompeo said that the U.S. would lift sanctions on North Korea if it agreed to completely end its nuclear program.

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