Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 20 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 April 2016. It was answered by Lord Swire (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 April 2016 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

North Korea: Nuclear Weapons

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US and Japanese counterparts about nuclear tests by North Korea.

Answer: I raised this issue with US colleagues in Washington last week. The UK condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's (DPRK) continued development of its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. We have regular contact with key partners on this issue, including the US and Japan. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) discussed the issue with his counterparts at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Hiroshima on 11 April. The G7 issued a joint communiqué [http://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000147440.pdf] which strongly condemned the DPRK’s nuclear tests and called upon the international community to enforce the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions to respond to the clear and continuing threat to international peace and security that is posed by the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

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