Yoon Returns Home After Korea-US-Japan Summit... "Historic Significance"

Documentation Achievements on Mentality, Principles, and Pledges
Promotion of New Cooperation Including '3-Party Military Exercises'

President Yoon Suk-yeol departed for home on the 18th (local time) after concluding the Korea-U.S.-Japan summit held at Camp David in the United States. The presidential office evaluated it as a historic significance that provided an opportunity amid the global complex crisis.

On the same day, President Yoon headed to Seoul aboard Air Force One, the presidential aircraft, from Washington Dulles Airport in the afternoon. At the airport, John Tillerly, Chairman of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, and Cho Hyun-dong, Ambassador to the U.S., among others, saw him off.

After concluding the Korea-US-Japan summit, President Yoon Suk-yeol is seen looking at the farewell party from Air Force One, his official aircraft, as he departs for home on the 18th (local time) from Dulles International Airport near Washington DC, USA.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

The Korea-U.S.-Japan leaders adopted three items at this summit: 'The Spirit of Camp David,' 'Camp David Principles,' and 'Commitment to Consult.' In particular, they agreed to strengthen 'trilateral military exercises' to effectively respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats and to engage in comprehensive security cooperation. They also decided to hold the Korea-U.S.-Japan summit at least once a year, and to hold consultations among foreign ministers, defense ministers, commerce and industry ministers, and national security advisors at least once a year, as well as to establish a new meeting for finance ministers.

The presidential office stated, "The institutionalization of the joint roles of the three countries at today's Camp David summit holds historic significance as it transforms the challenges brought by the global complex crisis into opportunities." Kim Eun-hye, the presidential office's chief spokesperson, explained in a written briefing, "The leaders' unity in security and economic fields is a vision that the president has consistently upheld. Since his inauguration speech emphasizing solidarity with the international community for freedom, peace, and prosperity, President Yoon has continuously stressed the importance of comprehensive trilateral cooperation, including security, and the joint leadership of the three countries through commemorative speeches on March 1st and Liberation Day."

She added, "President Biden, who greeted President Yoon with 'Hello my friend' during their phone call, not only held the originally planned talks at Camp David today but also introduced President Yoon to various parts of the Aspen lodge, where former U.S. presidents have stayed, and spent time chatting on the terrace, which serves as a lookout." Chief Kim introduced, "President Yoon is the only foreign leader to have secured a state visit to the U.S. and an invitation to Camp David, and he is also the first leader to be shown the interior of the Aspen lodge, which is used as President Biden's vacation residence."

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