WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- White House said on Monday that there was "nothing planned" for the Trump administration to send former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on mission to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The remarks from a senior White House official came after the 93-year-old former president told media earlier this month that he is willing to travel to the DPRK on behalf of the current administration to help diffuse the escalating situation on the Korean peninsula.

The White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said that Trump is still seeking a peaceful resolution of the DPRK standoff.

In an interview, Carter said that he had spoken to Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster but so far has got a negative response.

Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, has been to Pyongyang for three times.

The DPRK successfully tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles and a hydrogen bomb this year, triggering two new economic sanctions by the UN Security Council.