The leaders of United States, Japan and South Korea, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk-yeolwill announce this Friday in their summit at Camp David new security agreementsamong which stands out the creation of a “red phone” to expedite communications in the event of a crisis with North Korea or China.
The establishment of this hotline, which evokes the emblematic notion of the “hotline” used between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold Warhas as purpose improve communication and information sharing both in times of peace and conflictUS officials told the press.
That will be one of the central points of the summit that will take place at the presidential residence of Camp David, in the mountains of the state of Marylandfamous for having hosted some of the most emblematic agreements of US diplomacy.
Yoon and Kishida are the first foreign leaders Biden has invited to Camp David, which according to Japanese and US sources underscores the importance Washington attaches to the three-nation alliance for stability in the Asia-Pacific.
Consolidate the three-way collaboration
Today’s summit also has great symbolic value as it is the first to be held independently and not on the margins of a multilateral forumsuch as the recent meeting of the three leaders in May taking advantage of the G7 in Japan.
In fact, one of the main objectives of the summit at Camp David will be to consolidate the three-way collaboration and “institutionalize it”so that it does not depend on the fluctuations of the internal politics of each country, detailed the aforementioned US officials.
Therefore, the idea is to hold annual summits between the US and its two biggest allies in the region, Japan and South Korea, who in the last year have led a rapprochement after decades of tension over the brutal Japanese colonization of the peninsula. Korean between 1910 and 1945.
The United States has been acting as a go-between behind the scenes of Japan and South Korea with the idea of forging a counterweight coalition to China’s military rise in the Pacific and to allow coordination of actions against North Korea’s nuclear program.
A regional security agreement
With North Korea and China in the spotlight, the leaders will sign a regional security agreement this Friday that will formalize the joint commitment of the three countries to stability in the region and with which they will commit to “consult” before making decisions. military decisions, detailed the aforementioned US officials.
This agreement could even lead to the regular conduct of joint military exercises between the three nations, which in the past have collaborated sporadically in naval maneuvers and other exercises involving ballistic missiles.
In particular, this agreement is expected to improve collaboration between Tokyo and the less frequent Seoul with each other, although both countries participate separately in military exercises with Washington.
In addition, the three leaders are expected to discuss the next steps to take in the agreement reached in June to exchange information from their radars and satellites in real time in order to intercept ballistic missilesespecially those coming from the regime of North Korea.
The language about China
Although the three countries have a similar vision of North Korea, one of the unknowns of the summit is the language they will use in their final statements to talk about China.
US officials assured that the language will be “robust”but declined to confirm whether mention will be made of Taiwan, whose sovereignty the Beijing regime claims.
It is also unclear how far Yoon will go, as South Korea has historically had less tense relations with China than Japan and the United States.
The three leaders are scheduled to have lunch together and will give a joint press conference at 3:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. GMT).
Apart from the trilateral meetings, Kishida and Yoon are scheduled to hold separate face-to-face meetings with Biden on the same day, and a meeting between the two.
(With information from EFE)
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