South china sea. the assertion was made in a joint statement issued at a summit hosted by president biden at camp david, outside of washington. president biden, japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean president yoon sung nyeol said that this first of its kind trilateral summit marks a new chapter of cooperation with the three nations as they move to strengthen military ties amid china s growing influence and nuclear threats from north korea. some of what they discussed included a multi year military exercise plan, deeper coordination and integration on ballistic missile defence and improved information sharing, and crisis communication. leaders also committed to new economic measures, including an early warning mechanism for supply chain disruptions. earlier our state department correspondent barbara plett usher described the specifics of the agreement from today s summit. this specifics involve an agreement to consult in times of crisis. the duty to consult.
And japan have accused china of dangerous and aggressive behaviour in the south china sea. the assertion was made in a joint statement issued at a summit hosted by president biden at camp david, outside of washington. president biden, japanese prime minister fumio kishida, and south korean president yoon sung nyeol said that this first of its kind trilateral summit marks a new chapter of cooperation with the three nations as they move to strengthen military ties amid china s growing influence and nuclear threats from north korea. some of what they discussed included a multi year military exercise plan, deeper coordination and integration on ballistic missile defence, and improved information sharing, and crisis communication. leaders also committed to new economic measures, including an early warning mechanism for supply chain disruptions. earlier, i asked our state departmet correspondent barbara plett usher about the specifics of the agreement from today s summit.
We start in ukraine, where the south korea s president, yoon sung nyeol, has committed to expanding his country s military and humanitarian aid support to ukraine. speaking during a surprise visit in kyiv, he confirmed seoul would continue to supply much needed military equipment, including bullet proof vests and helmets. south korea has one of the largest stockpiles of ammunition in the world and a thriving defence industry but government policy prohibits arms deliveries to countries at war. ukraine and its allies have been urging seoul to make an exception. for more on this visit, the bbc s abdu jalil abdu rasulov reports from kyiv. one of the main questions many people here in ukraine were asking prior to the meeting of these two presidents today was whether south korea would provide lethal aid to ukraine. this asian country has one of the biggest stockpiles of ammunition in the world,
And ukraine is facing severe shortages of them, especially artillery shells, and south korea has been facing growing pressure from its main allies in the us and in the uk to start providing lethal aid to ukraine. but, interestingly, neither president zelensky nor his south korean counterpart mentioned about lethal aid today at all. they spoke about economic assistance, about humanitarian aid, but nothing about weapons or ammunition. president of south korea spoke about the military aid, but only in the context of providing helmets and body armour. he also mentioned about de mining equipment that south korea provided in the past, and he said that he hopes his country would provide even more of such aid in the future. but state policy of south korea prohibits providing any military aid to a state that is at war. so south korea is unwilling to break this rule because it could antagonize russia as well, which has a serious influence on its neighbour in north korea.
And we had already six episodes of this, the complete loss of outside power, which is indispensable to maintain the calling function of the reactors. this happened six times already, and necessitated the immediate operation of the emergency generators, which is also the last line of defence before you have a meltdown. to south korea now where japanese prime minister fumio kishida has met with south korean president yoon sung nyeol. it s the first official visit by a japanese leader to south korea in more than a decade. on sunday, the japanese p m visited seoul national cemetary where war veterans who fought against japanese rule are buried. that was followed by talks with the south korean president. the two countries have had strained relations for the past ten years, largely dominated by colonial era disputes. south korea was colonised byjapan from 1910 until the end of world war two. now, growing security threats appear to have prompted