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
there s not much, if anything, i agree on with my predecessor on foreign policy. his america-first policy, walking away from the rest of the world, has made us weaker, not stronger. america is strong with our allies and alliances, and that s why we will endure. it s a strength that quite frankly that increases all the three of our strengths. this is just about what summit. what makes today different is it actually launches serious initiatives that are actually institutional changes in mow hou we deal with one another. and security cooperation, economic cooperation, technology cooperation, development cooperation, consultation exercises, and all of this will create a solid momentum, i believe, year by year, month by month, to make the relationship stronger and more certain to remain to be in place. and on these results, i think,