Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Malaysian counterpart on that country's expulsion of North Korean diplomats.

We have noted that the Malaysian Government expelled all DPRK diplomats from Malaysia on 21 March, and that the DPRK severed diplomatic relations with Malaysia on 19 March. The Foreign Secretary has not discussed the matter with his Malaysian counterpart.