Their meeting comes at a time that the countries are on an increasingly tense ledge in their relations with China and North Korea.
agreed Friday to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit at the US presidential retreat of Camp David.
He announced the agreements, including what they termed the “Camp David Principles,” at the close of his talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. "Our countries are stronger and the world will be safer as we stand together. And I know this is a belief that all three share,” Biden said as he opened the meeting.
The “duty to consult” pledge is intended to acknowledge that the three countries share “fundamentally interlinked security environments" and that a threat to one of the nations is “a threat to all," according to a senior Biden administration official.Under the pledge, the three countries agree to consult, share information and align their messaging with each other in the face of a threat or crisis, the official said.
In the midst of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the retreat — then known as Shangri-La — to plan the Italian campaign that would knock Benito Mussolini out of the war.
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