An upcoming summit at Camp David, Md. could produce a dramatic improvement in relations between Tokyo and Seoul after years of strain stemming from Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea.
WASHINGTON — The U.S., Japan and South Korea plan to announce groundbreaking steps to bolster mutual security ties at a summit this week in Maryland, including sharing intelligence about ballistic missile threats from North Korea and China and holding regular joint military exercises, senior Biden administration officials said.
Friday’s summit, with President Joe Biden hosting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, marks the first standalone meeting among the three countries. Previous meetings have been held on the margins of large multilateral conferences. It is also the first time foreign leaders have visited Camp David since 2015.
China claims Taiwan, a self-governed island, as part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to “unify” it with the mainland.“China has noticed some exclusionary groupings being assembled for the so-called ‘regional security’ only to intensify antagonism and undermine the strategic security of other countries,” Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said by email. “China firmly opposes such practices.
Biden administration officials believe they can succeed this time by establishing permanent initiatives that include regularly scheduled meetings about defense, diplomacy, technology and other areas. The goal is to establish long-term ties that last beyond the tenures of each country's current leader.
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