"It is hard to exaggerate the significance of Friday’s summit at Camp David among President Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. This represents another major step toward the establishment of a new trilateral alliance that could help all three nations cope with the growing threats from North Korea and China in a world destabilized by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"Such
a summit would have been unthinkable only two years ago. The primary
acclaim must go to the courageous leader of South Korea and the
pragmatic leader of Japan for moving beyond historical grievances. But
the Biden administration also deserves considerable credit for enabling
this rapprochement..." -- Washington Post columnists Max Boot and Sue Mi Terry on the "major Biden achievement" of fostering a strengthened alliance between South Korea, Japan, and the US. The three leaders committed to regular summits to cement their nations' economic and military cooperation in the face of North Korean aggression and a growing Chinese/ Russian alliance.
(Photo: Yoon, Biden, and Kishida at Camp David summit / Nathan Howard, UPI)
