U.S., Japan, and South Korea aim to counter threats from China and North Korea with trilateral cooperation
- President Biden hosted the first stand-alone trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea at Camp David, marking a historic step towards strengthening their alliance.
- The "Camp David Principles" established closer security ties, including a hotline for crisis response, more military drills and exercises, and enhanced ballistic missile defense.
- The summit addressed countering China's growing assertiveness in the region, but leaders emphasized it was not about isolating China.
- The leaders reaffirmed commitment to the denuclearization of North Korea and condemned its recent provocative missile tests.
- While historical tensions remain, the summit symbolized warming Japan-South Korea relations and their shared security interests in the face of regional instability.