§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they consider that the nuclear capable exercises (such as "Team Spirit") that have sometimes been conducted by the USA and its allies in the neighbourhood of the Korean Peninsula have been compatible with the security assurances extended to North Korea when it adhered to the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and whether similar nuclear-capable exercises by Russia in the neighbourhood of the Ukraine would be compatible with the written security assurances which the United States, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom are now extending to Ukraine, and whether the possibility of such exercises has been discussed with Ukraine.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyIt is open to any non-nuclear-weapons state party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to take action under the security assurances that they have been given if they wish to do so. North Korea has not approached us on this matter.
We have not been involved in discussions with Ukraine over possible Russian nuclear military exercises.