35year occupation of the peninsula. The United States has long tried to strengthen the relationship to create a more formidable bond across asia. But it hasnt quite worked until now. Whats changed . And will todays summit lead to something in writing, a joint agreement between all three nations . What would that mean for china . Joining me now is nbc news senior White House Correspondent kelly odonnell, who is at camp david, you saw her there with the president and the the director of the meeting. How did President Biden get these two leaders to come and stand side by side at camp david today . Reporter part of it has been one of the themes of the biden presidency, where hes wanted to strengthen this relationship in part because of the rise of China Economically and militarily weve seen, and of course the ongoing threats from north korea. So as you pointed out, the u. S. Has strong independent relationships with these two nations despite generations of being at war with each of them. W
Camp David is a site that American Presidents have used historically to host foreign leaders. Most famously, former US President Jimmy Carter stayed here along with the leaders of Egypt and Israel in 1978 for 13 days, to resolve their disagreements.
judgments about would they be better off if they made commitments? will they move? think about you as students of history, thing about how many times successes have generated other successes when you don t anticipate that. so i think we re not going to forget, we re not given up, and we ll continue to make the case for the freedom of all of those detainees. translator: with regard to your question for me, first of all, i have strong feelings about the strengthening of bilateral relationships between and i shared that with president yoon the two
the president of the republic of korea. we needed the voice of god to tell us that. translator: first of all, i d like to thank president biden for his warm hospitality. it is a great pleasure to visit camp david along with prime minister kishida. camp david is a site that has historical significance, where important diplomatic decisions were made at critical junctures of modern history. in order to respond to today s unprecedented crisis, the ties between our three countries, which are the most advanced liberal democracies in the region and major economies leading advanced technology and scientific innovation, are more important than ever. from this moment on, camp david will be remembered as a historic
shortly we ll hear from the three leaders. they will be telling us about the agreements they ve reached and also taking questions. the significance of camp david. i was going to ask you more about that agreement. when you re talking about likening it to nato, you re saying it gets close to that, will it ever get to a point where it will have something like article five, a joint defense agreement, which says if somebody attacks you, we will come to your aid? reporter: certainly, i think the u.s. has some interest in something like that, and each of the nations have to assess that for their own domestic needs as well as their security in that part of the world. and, again, what would it mean for other nations because, again, their close economic partnerships with china, their proximity to north korea, all of that plays into it. but the fact that there is an awareness of the need for cooperation, consultation is the word we should hear today, something short of that article 5 you allu