Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to his South Korean counterpart in advance of the proposed summit between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-Un in April 2018.

The Foreign Secretary is expecting to meet ROK Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 19 March, where they will discuss developments in inter-Korean relations.

The UK welcomes both the news that President Moon Jae-In and Kim Jong Un plan to hold a leaders' summit and the announcement that Kim Jong Un is willing to hold direct talks on denuclearisation with President Trump by May. We hope this signals that Kim Jong Un is ready to change path and put the welfare of his people ahead of the illegal pursuit of nuclear weapons. Until there is evidence that North Korea has halted its illegal programmes and is ready to abandon them, we will continue working with our international partners to keep up pressure and strictly enforce existing sanctions.