Washington: The US administration is gearing up for a significant diplomatic event in July, with President Joe Biden set to hold a trilateral summit alongside his Japanese and South Korean counterparts. This summit is anticipated to take place on the sidelines of a NATO conference in Washington, as reported by Japanese media agencies.
According to the Kyodo news agency, President Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol will focus on key issues such as enhancing deterrence against China, addressing North Korea’s nuclear threat, and discussing the expanding military relations between North Korea and Russia.
While Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi refrained from commenting on Kishida’s invitation to the NATO Summit scheduled for July 9-11, he indicated that no date has been finalized for the leaders’ meeting between the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Responses from the South Korean presidential office and the US Embassy in Japan are currently awaited.
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This upcoming summit follows a series of high-level engagements between the United States and its East Asian allies. In August, President Biden hosted a summit with the presidents of Japan and South Korea at Camp David, where they reaffirmed their commitment to bolster military and economic cooperation and agreed to hold annual summits.
Both Prime Minister Kishida and President Yoon have previously attended NATO summits in 2022 and 2023, reflecting the growing engagement of the US-led security alliance with Indo-Pacific countries like Japan and South Korea.
