Boris Johnson is to hail the importance of coordinated international diplomacy to counter the threat from nuclear weapons and North Korea in a speech to stake out a position at clear odds with the
more bellicose rhetoric of Donald Trump.
While Johnson will stress that the US president has “an absolute duty” to prepare for a possible military option if
North Korea is about to attack the United States, the foreign secretary will say diplomatic efforts must be paramount.
In a speech to be made on Monday to the annual conference of the Chatham House thinktank in London, Johnson will single out for praise Rex Tillerson, the US secretary of state, who has annoyed Trump by pushing for dialogue with Pyongyang.
Johnson is also to use his speech, extracts of which were released in advance by the Foreign Office, to praise the Iran nuclear deal, another diplomatic effort repeatedly condemned by Trump.
