CORBYN: WIND DOWN NUCLEAR RHETORIC
Labour leader’s plea on North Korea
Picture: AFP/GETTY IMAGES LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged the Government to stay out of any military action as the situation in North Korea deteriorates.
Writing exclusively in today’s Sunday Mirror, Mr Corbyn calls for Prime Minister Theresa May to rule out committing any of the British Armed Forces – including for joint exercises in the region.
And he called on Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to “wind down the war of rhetoric”.
Mr Corbyn said: “In the interests of sanity and safety for the whole world, global pressure for dialogue and diplomacy must be overwhelming.”
His plea came after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Kim Jong-un’s regime was responsible for the crisis over its nuclear programme and must now “fix it”.
In a series of postings on his Twitter feed, Mr Johnson said Britain was working with the United States and allies in the region to find a diplomatic solution to the stand-off between Pyongyang and Washington.
“The North Korean regime is the cause of this problem and they must fix it,” he said.