Yoon: "Trilateral Summit of Korea-US-Japan Open for Extended Deterrence Talks... Expecting Response to North Korean Threat"

Pre-Korea-US-Japan Summit Bloomberg Interview
Strengthening Supply Chain, Economic Cooperation, and Coordination

President Yoon Suk-yeol stated ahead of the trilateral summit between South Korea, the United States, and Japan to be held at Camp David on the 18th (local time) that "we are open to separate consultations among South Korea, the United States, and Japan regarding extended deterrence," Bloomberg reported on the 16th.

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According to the Blue House and Bloomberg, in a written interview with Bloomberg published that day, President Yoon said, "The international community will never tolerate North Korea as a nuclear-armed state under any circumstances."

President Yoon particularly emphasized, "There must be consequences for North Korea's continuous and illegal development of nuclear weapons and missiles, and it must realize that this will only deepen the isolation of the North Korean regime and its systemic crisis."

Regarding the complete denuclearization of North Korea, he reiterated that it is "a clear and consistent goal of the international community, including South Korea and the United States."

Bloomberg introduced that President Yoon expects this trilateral summit to help respond to North Korea's threats and that plans to strengthen joint defense exercises among the three countries will be discussed at Camp David.

It was also explained that the three countries plan to seek cooperation measures related to economic security concerning supply chains such as minerals. President Yoon stated, "At this trilateral summit, we plan to discuss specific measures to strengthen cooperation, including information sharing on the supply chains of the three countries and the establishment of an Early Warning System (EWS)."

Regarding economic cooperation, he explained, "First, the three countries will further solidify a cooperative system to enhance the resilience of supply chains, conduct joint research and cooperation in key emerging technology fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum, and space, which will be future growth engines, and work together to establish global standards."

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