United States-North Korea: Summit in Singapore Debate

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Lord King of Bridgwater

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United States-North Korea: Summit in Singapore

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Wednesday 13th June 2018

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown
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My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Browne, makes a very good point. The goal has to remain the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of North Korea and the removal of its ballistic missile capability. This is what is required to protect UK national interests in the region and uphold international security. The noble Lord brought up the subject of Iran again, and I know what he says.

Lord King of Bridgwater Portrait Lord King of Bridgwater (Con)
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My Lords, friends of mine served as national servicemen in Korea; I served elsewhere in my national service time. Is it not interesting to note just how long that war has remained unended? While I certainly support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Robathan, about the need to proceed with great caution, it is high time that that war was brought to an end.

Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown
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My noble friend is quite right. My own godfather was imprisoned during that war. I remember his recollections. The many lives that were lost in that conflict should also be remembered and we must look forward to the formal point that the noble Lord mentioned.