Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his North Korean counterpart and (b) officials from the North Korean Government, since the North Korean nuclear missile test on 3 September 2017.

On 5 September I summoned the North Korean Ambassador to make clear the UK's condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test on 3 September. I emphasised that North Korea's reckless actions have created a deeply dangerous and unstable situation on the Korean peninsula. I urged the Ambassador to pass on this message to the regime in Pyongyang: it must end its illegal pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missiles and return to dialogue with the international community.