Ill get reaction from the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States. She joins us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt, and youre in the situation room. We begin with a historic show of unity from the United States, japan, and south korea. President biden hosting his asian allies at camp david with an eye towards the military and economic threats that theyre all facing in the Pacific Region right now. Cnns Paula Hancocks is standing by in seoul. First lets get straight to cnns Arlette Saenz at camp david. What came out of this summit . Reporter President Biden hosted his first leaders as president here at camp david, and the president is hoping that the symbolism of this location of the pezs retreat will lend itself to this moment as two u. S. Allies with decades of fraught history have come together with the u. S. To enter this new trilateral agreement in part as they are dealing with gr
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regional countries. joining us live from seoul at this hour, a fellow for new american security. thanks for being with us. first, just putting aside the substance of that meeting, just the fact that it happened at all, the symbolism pretty remarkable. yes, first, thank you for having me back. indeed, no matter how you look at the summit it truly is historic. we cannot overexaggerate. it s really a matter of fact. the south korean japan relationship has always been fraught by historical grievances, disputes that have lasted for decades, ever since the japanese colonization of south korea and they too have not been able to get along and no american president has been able to bring them together to cooperate more closely, let alone bring the two leaders together in one standalone summit meeting. so that truly is remarkable. and so that goes to show both
and lodging protests more quietly, diplomatically. north korea we can expect them to show their dissatisfaction more visibly, whether it s through an icbm test or some sort of weapons test and the usual rhetoric and name calling and criticism towards the united states. and, you know, of course beijing will always misinterpret this meeting, the trilateral summit as a first step toward some sort of asian nato. but it really is not going to be an asian-style nato. so this is something that, you know, the united states and beijing will have to continue to work out and continue to discuss going forward that this really is not to, you know, form some sort of bloc against china and that all three countries, the united states, south korea and japan are always open to cooperating with beijing on shared on issues of common interest. really appreciate your insights on this, in seoul,
allies and our alliances and that s why we will endure and it s a strength that quite frankly that increases all three of our strengths. reporter: president biden went to great lengths saying this summit was not about china, in part to not further inflame tensions with beijing but so much of the president s efforts from the start of his administration in drawing these allies close is with having that eye on china s influence in the region. president biden as he wrapped his press conference here told me he is hoping to speak with president xi jinping later this fall. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president at camp david. as you might expect the reaction from beijing was negative, even before the summit began. a statement from china s foreign ministry reads, quote, attempts to cobble together exclusionary groupings and bring military blocs into the asian pacific will not get support and will only bring opposition from