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.
Retreat to their quarters at camp david. instead they will all have lunch on the grounds an hour and 15 minutes away from here and then spend a couple hours walking around. john. john: nice hike in the woods up there in the mountains and woods of northern maryland. good time for all. i know jacque heinrich will be there. daniel davis, foreign policy and defense expert is with us. this is a big event. it is not often, if ever, you get the leaders of south korea and japan together. given the historic differences. the washington post said in an op-ed, this represents another major step toward the establishment of a new tri lateral alliance that could help all three nations cope with the growing threats from north korea and china. in a world destabilized by the russian invasion of ukraine.