CAMP DAVID, Aug 19 — US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea said Friday they saw a “new chapter” of close three-way security cooperation as the Asian...
CAMP DAVID, Aug 19 — US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea said Friday they saw a “new chapter” of close three-way security cooperation as the Asian allies joined a first-of-a-kind summit that has already rattled China.
Biden insisted the summit was not about China, which has been flexing its muscle both at home and in Asia under President Xi Jinping, including with major exercises around self-ruling Taiwan. The two US allies largely see eye to eye on the world — and together are the base for some 84,500 US troops — but such a summit would have been unthinkable until recently due to the legacy of Japan’s harsh 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula.
The three leaders also agreed to a multi-year plan of regular exercises in all domains, going beyond one-off drills in response to North Korea, and made a formal “commitment to consult” during crises, with Biden saying they would open a hotline.Camp David marks the first time the three countries’ leaders have met for a standalone summit, not on the sidelines of a larger event, and is the first diplomatic event since 2015 at the resort, which is synonymous with Middle East peacemaking.
Tensions have also risen with North Korea, which has launched a volley of missiles in recent months and is feared to respond to the summit with new action. Kishida said greater cooperation with South Korea was “almost inevitable” in light of the “crisis” in the world order.
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