Ministerial Visits (Korea) (Hansard, 25 January 2001)

HC Deb 25 January 2001 vol 361 c664W 664W

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Ministers from his Department have visited(a) North Korea and (b) South Korea since May 1997, indicating the dates of the visits. [146638]

§ Mr. Battle
No Foreign Office Ministers have visited North Korea. There have been five ministerial visits to South Korea since 1997. Derek Fatchett visited in November 1997, July 1998 and April 1999. I visited in April 2000, and the Foreign Secretary in October 2000.