Stronger ties and present a united front against china, russia and north korea. The Faulkner Focus and im john roberts in for harris. The setting for the summit camp david. President s Retreat In The Woods of maryland. Historic grounds have witnessed major strides in american diplomacy. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby with this. This is the culmination of months and months and months of work not just by the United States but by south korea and japan to improve their relationships. They are operating more together. They are communicating more together and looking for ways to deepen their own cooperation because they see much of the same things we see in terms of the threats and challenges. So there is a lot of common interests, common shared goals here that we will pursue. John he referred to the decades of disagreement between japan and south korea. One headline says President Biden looks to cement a fragile truce. Mike pompeo says the true gamble is the impact on china.
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 the world as well. president, let me turn this over to you. i would like to extend my gratitude to president biden for his warm hospitality. last july, we met for the nato summit and i am pleased to be reunited in about a month. at this symbolic venue of camp david in the history of modern tip loam see our partnership is opening a new chapter that carries great significance in my view. president roosevelt once stated freedom is not a given but something you fight to win.
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
Basis since march of this year but the fact that we, the three leaders, have got together in this way i believe means that we are indeed making big new history as of today. the international community is at a turningpoint in history. in order to allow the potential of a tri lateral strategic collaboration to bloom and blossom, i wish to take this moment to raise the security coordination between japan, south korea and the u.s. to new heights while strengthening the coordination between the japan, u.s. and the alliances as we deepen our cooperation and response to north korea. i wish to expand and deepen our collaboration in areas including
Traction because of moments like that. by the way, iowa and new hampshire has a history of humbling frontrunners, it happened many times before and may see it again in january. john: yesterday we had a leaked debate memo from folks associated with the ron desantis super pack never back down suggesting what desantis has to do in the debate is support trump and take a sledgehammer to vivek ramaswamy. is this just the folks who are associated with that super pac and the organization behind it playing a little cya to say to ron desantis if you fall flat we tell you what to do. it turns out people don t like ron desantis and 100 million super pac leaking memos to say hey, don t be yourself and be different and attack a guy you haven t even recognized