Question follow-through · 74129
North Korea: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of deepening (a) commercial and (b) other economic ties between Russia and North Korea.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of deepening (a) commercial and (b) other economic ties between Russia and North Korea.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
The UK remains deeply concerned about the implications of the deepening Russia-Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) relationship for both Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security. The rapid expansion of their military, political, and economic cooper...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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