Korea-US-Japan Leaders Meet After Six Months to Discuss Economic and Security Cooperation Including Deterrence Against North Korea

Trilateral Cooperation Reaches New Level... Presidential Office "Strengthening International Order Based on Rule of Law"

On the 21st, President Yoon Suk-yeol held a trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Hiroshima, Japan, where the Group of Seven (G7) summit was taking place, and they agreed to strengthen security cooperation as well as economic and Indo-Pacific strategies. This trilateral summit came six months after the ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last November.

According to the Blue House, during this meeting, the three leaders recalled the sequence of visits that have opened a new chapter in Korea-Japan relations: Prime Minister Kishida's visit to the U.S. in January, President Yoon's visit to Japan in March, President Yoon's state visit to the U.S. in April, and Prime Minister Kishida's visit to Korea earlier this month. They agreed to elevate trilateral cooperation to a new level.

President Yoon Suk-yeol, visiting Japan as a guest country at the G7 Summit, is having a conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the trilateral summit on the 21st.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

Blue House spokesperson Lee Do-woon added, "The leaders agreed to further strengthen strategic cooperation among the three countries not only to enhance deterrence against North Korea but also to solidify a free and open international order based on the rule of law." He also stated, "The leaders decided to deepen cooperation in various fields, including trilateral security cooperation such as real-time sharing of North Korean missile warning information, strengthening trilateral cooperation on Indo-Pacific strategy, economic security, and engagement with Pacific island countries."

They took commemorative photos on an outdoor podium and then held a standing meeting at the same location. The three leaders alternately shook hands and exchanged conversations. This was the third time since President Yoon took office that the leaders of Korea, the U.S., and Japan gathered in one place. On the same day, foreign media reported, citing a senior U.S. official, that President Biden invited President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida to Washington during the summit.

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