Biden meets with leaders of Japan, South Korea at Camp David
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President Biden spoke at a press conference Friday after hosting a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Biden said of the session, in which the three leaders agreed to strengthen economic and military ties between the nations, “This has been a great, great meeting.”
Video Transcript
JOE BIDEN: Welcome to Camp David. If I seem like I'm happy, it's because I am. This has been a great, great meeting. Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, we made this historic place to make a historic moment, and I believe that to be true. This is a new era in partnership between Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States. Our new Camp David [? Trilad. ?] That's what we have here.
America's commitment to both countries is ironclad. And my personal commitment to bringing these three nations together was real from the very beginning. Since last summer, we've met on the margins of the NATO Summit in Spain, the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia, and the G7 Summit in Japan. Today, we've made history with the first-ever stand-alone summit between the leaders of our three countries.
As well as our commitment to meet together on a leader level annually and to have all our relative cabinet member people meet on a regular basis from this point on. Not just this year, not next year. Forever, that's the intention. And so I want to recognize the important work that both of you have done and the political courage-- and I mean this sincerely-- the political courage that you both demonstrated to resolve difficult issues that would have stood in the way for a long time of a close relationship between Japan and Korea and with the United States. Your leadership, with the full support of the United States, has brought us here. Because each of you understands that our world stands at an inflection point. A point where we're called to lead in new ways, to work together, to stand together. And today, I'm proud to say our nations are answering that call.
