Japanese Government: "Schedule for South Korea-US-Japan Summit Meeting Still Undecided"

Japanese government spokesperson Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated on the 1st, "The schedule for the South Korea-U.S.-Japan summit has not been decided."

At a regular press conference that day, Secretary Hayashi responded this way to a question about whether there is coordination to hold the South Korea-U.S.-Japan summit in conjunction with the NATO summit to be held in the U.S. this July.

He mentioned that during the South Korea-U.S.-Japan trilateral summit held at Camp David, U.S. last August, there was an agreement to hold the trilateral summit at least once a year, but added, "The next schedule has not been decided."

He continued, "Speaking generally, I think it is important to further strengthen trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan not only in response to North Korea but also to maintain a free and open international order based on the rule of law."

Earlier, Kyodo News reported that the Biden administration is coordinating a plan to invite President Yoon Suk-yeol and Prime Minister Kishida to the NATO summit to be held in Washington D.C. this July and hold a South Korea-U.S.-Japan summit.

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