North Korea's foreign ministry dismissed comments made by President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE after Trump claimed that Kim Jong Un Kim Jong UnSatellite images indicate North Korea preparing for massive military parade South Korea warns of underwater missile test launch by North Korea Trump says he didn't share classified information following Woodward book MORE, the country's leader, had recently sent him a "nice note."

The New York Times reported that the dictatorship's foreign ministry released a statement calling the president's remarks an "ungrounded story."

“The relations between the top leaders of [North Korea] and the U.S. are not an issue to be taken up just for diversion nor it should be misused for meeting selfish purposes," the Times reported North Korea's foreign ministry as saying.

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“There was no letter addressed recently to the U.S. president by the supreme leadership," the foreign ministry added. "He could have referred to the personal letters that had been exchanged in the past, we are not sure."

“We are about to look into the matter to see if the U.S. leadership seeks anything in feeding the ungrounded story into the media,” North Korean officials concluded.

The statement comes after Trump told reporters at a press conference earlier Sunday seemingly about the coronavirus outbreak that he had recently received a "nice note" from the North Korean leader and claimed that the two countries would be at war should he have lost the 2016 presidential election to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (D).

“I received a nice note from him recently. It was a nice note. I think we’re doing fine," Trump said on Saturday. "Look, if I wasn't elected right now you would be at war with North Korea."

Trump and Kim met numerous times in 2018 and 2019, but talks have stalled in recent months as the two leaders appeared to reach an impasse over the further denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and potential end or lowering of U.S. sanctions targeting the North.

The two most recently met in June of last year, when Trump became the first president to meet with Kim at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and cross into North Korea.