Iran Press/ America: US President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced measures to strengthen cooperation following a Camp David summit in the US state of Maryland.
The summit, which came amid a diplomatic push from Biden to improve relations between Seoul and Tokyo, was the first at Camp David since former President Barack Obama hosted Gulf Arab leaders in 2015.
In what was a clear message to China, Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for the first trilateral meeting between the three countries that wasn’t held on the sidelines of an international gathering.
Biden said the nations would establish a communications hotline to discuss responses to threats. He announced the agreements, including what the leaders termed the “Camp David Principles,” at the close of his talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
“Our countries are stronger and the world will be safer as we stand together. And I know this is a belief that all three share,” US president Joe Biden said.
It comes amid thawing relations between South Korea and Japan, and as the three countries have grown increasingly concerned over China’s growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region as well as a string of recent North Korean missile tests.
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