p singapore s deputy prime minister to discuss its role in the world and how it sees the u.s.-china tensions. we ll bring you that interview. first, president biden hosted president kishda and yun. over the last year there has been a fall in relations with encouragement from the biden administration. so what came out of the summit and what does it mean for security as the asia pacific face as rising china and a provocative north korea? my guest is danny russell. he had a long career in the state department that culminated in the obama administration when he was the top official on east
first of all, i would like to express my sympathy once again for the devastating damages caused by the wildfires in maui, hawaii. in order to provide relief to the affected people japan will offer $2 million of support. i offer my heart felt prayer for the earliest possible recovery of the affected areas. may i also once again convey my heart felt condolences for the passing away of president yun s father. now i would like to thank the president for your kind invitation to the two of us to camp david, a place with history. president yun, i have been meeting you almost on a monthly
world will be safer as we stand together. and i know this is a belief we all three share. and i want to thank you both for your political courage that brought you here, and i m looking forward to having a great meeting but continuing these meetings. you stepped up to do the hard work. i would argue historic work, to forge a foundation from which we can face the future together, the three of us together. and i m deeply grateful for your leadership, and i look forward to working with both of you as we begin this new era of cooperation and renew our resolve to serve as a force of good across the indo-pacific and, quite frankly, around the world, as well. president yun, let me turn this over to you. i would like to extend my gratitude to president biden for his warm hospitality.
very important statement for south korea and japan to say that their security is mutually interlinked, that they are not independent here, that they the security of one affects the security of the other because there s a lot they can do if they re working in closer cooperation. for example, if they would just integrate their ballistic missile defense systems directly with one another, they would have a much more effective defense against missiles from north korea, for example. and that s something that s been very hard to do because of the nationalist feelings in south korea in particular, the anti-japanese sentiment. so you know, president yun deserves a lot of credit for trying to move beyond that as does the prime minister. and i think what president biden is trying to do with this summit is to institutionalize this cooperation so that in the future no matter what happens in the politics of south korea, japan, or the united states, that these countries will continue to draw closer
of state flanking president biden. joining us now is max boot, senior fellow with the council on foreign relations and columnist for the washington post. max, in your piece you said it s hard to exaggerate the significance of this gathering. what did you hear here, and what do you see happening today? well, i think these are very positive dynamics. something that would have been hard to imagine even a couple of years ago because of the long history of conflict between south korea and their former colonial masters and japan. so to overcome all those historical differences certainly requires a major commitment and a courageous commitment by president yun of south korea and prime minister kashida of japan. i think it s to the credit of joe biden that he has made this a priority. and one of the striking things is that, of course, donald trump also got involved in korean negotiations, but he swung for the fences with this unrealistic goal of getting north korea to