militarily we ve 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. we ve had decades of good cooperation and bringing the three nations together here, and the choice of doing it at camp david, a place that has long been reserved for the most significant of these sort of international diplomatic hosting moments. and president biden is doing it for the first time and having these partners with him today. we do expect that it is set in time and with history as a backdrop as well. part of the current threat, of course, is what is going on with north korea, changes happening with china, economic concerns there, and of course japan and south korea are direct economic partners with china, the u.s. is as well in a somewhat different way. and so all of the issues in common are enormous.
which has a history, of course, of presidential visits with foreign leaders going back to world war ii is so important, certainly during the reagan years and memorably with jimmy carter, even bill clinton trying to make peace there and regretting failing in 2000 after the election there. so this is a location that is iconic worldwide, and to bring them together, it s terribly important. what s important is the conversations behind the principals, how north korea and most importantly china are going to react. china already on edge because of the upcoming impending visits of taiwan s vice president and leading candidate to become president, very nationalistic. in his past statements he says,ing not so now. but the election there, victor
safe, secure, and trustworthy emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, which a lot of work has to be done on. let me close with this mr. president, mr. prime minister, this is the first summit i ve hosted at camp david as president. i can think of no more fitting location than to begin our next era of cooperation, a place that has long symbolized the power of new beginnings and new possibilities. in the months and years ahead we ll continue to seize those possibilities together, unwavering in our unity and unmatched in your resolve. this is not about a day, week, or month. this is about decades and decades of relationships that we re building. mr. prime minister, mr. president, i want to thank you for your leadership, and i say again for your courage that brought us together. i look forward to working with both of you ahead. i yield to who am i yielding to?
and would like to continue such relations. thank you. translator: thank you very much. let me seek from translator: with camp david history, i did have a question for each of the leaders. mr. president biden, president biden, it was mentioned this summit meeting with russia s aggression of ukraine continuing. so what role do you expect of japan prime minister can i shifta has mentioned as china s threat is rising what do you think about this comment, president biden? and the situation in asia, where china s threat is rising.
cooperation, and we will vigorously implement the cooperation outlined in the camp david statement of japan, rok, and u.s. on our partnership together with joe and president yoon. we will continue to work to further strengthen this strategic partnership between the three countries in order to safeguard a free and open international order based on the rule of law. thank you. [ applause ]. thank you. now we have time for questions. president biden, please select your reporter first. the a.p. thank you, mr. president. i have a question for each of the leaders. it will be brief but related. president biden, first for you, how confident should asia be about a robust american