US Coordinates Plan to Hold Korea-US-Japan Summit in July

President Yoon Suk-yeol and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio Expected to Be Invited to NATO Summit

The United States is coordinating plans to hold a South Korea-US-Japan summit in the US this coming July.

President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during their visit to Lithuania in July last year to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit.
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According to Kyodo News on the 31st, the Biden administration is coordinating to invite South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the NATO summit held in Washington DC this July, aiming to hold a South Korea-US-Japan summit.

The leaders of South Korea, the US, and Japan previously held a trilateral summit on August 18 last year at Camp David, the US presidential retreat near Washington DC. Three months later, on November 16, they met again in San Francisco, USA, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Additionally, President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida attended the 3rd Democracy Summit held on the 20th at the Blue House State Guest House, hosted by President Yoon, via video conference.

If President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida attend the NATO summit this July, it will mark their third consecutive year of participation. President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida first attended the NATO summit as leaders of South Korea and Japan respectively in June 2022 in Spain. At the NATO summit held in Lithuania last July, leaders from four countries?South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand?participated as Asia-Pacific partners.

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