established in case of future crises. and it's also a way to put down a structure in place that could be hard for any one of their successors if any one of them are replaced to take apart in future. >> and kim, the president also mentioned that the three countries see eye to eye on the war in ukraine, which is also significant. what kind of impact does that have? >> well, they have already given all of them large amounts of aid. of course, the u.s., billions in weapons aid. japan giving humanitarian aid, and south korea facilitating by giving some of its munitions that ukraine so badly needs to combat what they call shell hunger on the battlefield, not having enough ammunition to just keep firing day after day after day in this grinding war. but it means that as the u.s.