Biden, Kishida, Yoon at Historic Camp David Summit

(Reuters) – After assembly at Camp David on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke to reporters from all three nations for about an hour, delivering ready remarks and answering questions.

The next are some highlights:

“This has been an amazing, nice assembly … It is a new period of partnership between Japan and the Republic of Korea and the US.”

“I wish to acknowledge the essential work that each of you’ve gotten executed and the political braveness, and I imply this sincerely, the political braveness that you just each have demonstrated to resolve tough points which have stood in the best way for a very long time an in depth relationship between Japan and Korea, and with the US.”

“Collectively we’ll get up for worldwide legislation.”

On Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “If we stood nonetheless what sign would that ship to China about Taiwan?”

Putin’s justification for the February 2022 invasion was “simply ridiculous … He talked about being Peter the Nice.”

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDA

“This has been a treasured alternative for myself to additional deepen the connection of belief and confidence.”

Talking of Camp David: “It’s a enormous honor to have printed a recent web page in its historical past with this assembly.”

“Unilateral makes an attempt to alter the established order by power within the East and South China Seas are persevering with and nuclear and missile threats of North Korea is just turning into ever bigger.”

“We additionally agreed to work collectively by way of the Indo-Pacific dialogue and the event of cooperation to appreciate a free and open Indo-Pacific, and particularly to coordinate capability constructing assist within the area of maritime safety, significantly with regard to ASEAN and Pacific Island nations.”

SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL

“From this second on Camp David shall be remembered as a historic place the place the Republic of Korea, the US and Japan proclaimed that we’ll bolster the rules-based worldwide order and play key roles to boost regional safety and prosperity, based mostly on our shared values of freedom, human rights and rule of legislation.”

“Any provocations or assaults towards any one among our three nations will set off a call making means of this trilateral framework and our solidarity will change into even stronger and tougher.”

On the Fukushima nuclear energy plant water launch: “I want to be sure that the whole lot is carried out and carried out in accordance with the procedures established by the IAEA.”

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt, Hyonhee Shin and Eric Beech; Enhancing by Heather Timmons and Grant McCool)

Copyright 2023 Thomson Reuters.