Washington.- The president of United States, Joe Bidenwill receive the leaders of Japan and South Korea, Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk-yeol, on August 18 for a trilateral summit, the White House said on Friday.
The meeting will take place at Camp David, the presidential country residence located in the state of Maryland, neighboring Washington.
The celebration of this summit was advanced on July 20 by government sources in Tokyo and Seoul, but neither the date nor the place were officially known at the time.
According to the US Presidency, the three leaders “will celebrate a new chapter in their trilateral relationship by reaffirming their strong ties of friendship and strong alliances.”
On the negotiating table will be the expansion of their cooperation “in the Indo-Pacific and beyond,” including how to address the “continuing threat” posed by North Korea.
The strengthening of ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and with the Pacific islands will be another of the points planned in this dialogue, which Washington hopes will serve to promote economic prosperity and advance the “trilateral shared vision”. » on regional and global security challenges.
The appointment comes at a time of rapprochement between Tokyo and Seoul, Washington’s weighty allies in Asia-Pacific, after years of tensions, and sponsored by Yoon’s visit to the Japanese capital to meet with Kishida last March, the first trip of this type from a South Korean president in 12 years.
