Korean Peninsula Debate
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Philip Hollobone
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Korean Peninsula
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Boris Johnson
The best thing we can do is to continue our work with the UN Security Council, at which the Chinese have so far been absolutely in step with us. The hon. Gentleman is right to focus on oil, which we think is the next opportunity.
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
Do we believe that Kim Jong-un is a rational actor? Perhaps more importantly, does China believe he is?
Boris Johnson
I do not think we can simply assume Kim Jong-un is totally irrational. We have to hope that he is willing to take the interests of his people—the suffering people of North Korea—into account and that in the end he is willing to protect their interests. We have to ascribe some kind of rationality and humanity to him in the end.