The presidential office says that it has no comment on North Korea's latest threat to suspend talks with South Korea. 

Ri Son-gwon, a North Korean official handling inter-Korean affairs, said on Thursday that it would be difficult to continue talks with South Korea unless issues that led to the cancellation of high-level inter-Korean talks were resolved. 

When asked about the remarks, a senior presidential official in Seoul told reporters on Friday that the office does not know the North's intentions regarding its abrupt cancellation of inter-Korean talks, and even if it does, it's hard to comment, adding the office will watch the situation. 

The official also said that there is no plan yet to hold a hotline dialogue between the leaders of the two Koreas.

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