Biden To Host Japan's Kishida And ROK's Yoon At Camp David Aug 18

US President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David on August 18 for trilateral talks designed to draw the key Asian allies closer and firm up the bilateral relationship seen as central to the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy. .

• The White House said in a statement on Friday: “The three leaders will discuss expanding trilateral cooperation across the Indo-Pacific and beyond – including to address the continued threat posed by the DPRK and to strengthen ties with ASEAN and the Pacific Islands.”
• White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby told CNN the summit is a chance to reaffirm the, “iron-clad alliances between the United States and Japan, United States and the Republic of Korea, and the blossoming of the relationship between Japan and the ROK under the extraordinary leadership of both President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida."
• CNN notes: "It’s the first visit to Camp David by a foreign leader since Biden took office, and the first since 2015 when former President Barack Obama was in office."