The reported “good” relationship between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump is no guarantee that tensions will not flare up between the two countries, a senior DPRK official said Sunday, warning that an “exchange of fire” could break out at any time.

In a statement, ruling party Central Committee vice-chairman Kim Yong Chol in his capacity as chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee (KAPPC) accused the U.S. of continuing its “hostile policy” towards the DPRK through a series of recent public statements.

Among these were remarks delivered by a U.S. delegate of the First Committee of