South Korea Will Cooperate More With US, Japan if North’s Threats Continue

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated on Monday trilateral cooperation with america and Japan will develop stronger if North Korea’s threats improve.

He made the comment at a Cupboard assembly days after he took half in talks with the leaders of the Untied States and Japan the place they agreed to deepen army and financial cooperation.

“The construction of the trilateral cooperation amongst South Korea, america and Japan will change into extra strong as North Korea’s provocation and threats improve,” Yoon stated in the course of the assembly which was televised stay, heralding what he known as the “opening of a brand new period” within the three international locations’ relations.

The three-way partnership would become a powerful framework to advertise regional peace together with the AUKUS pact between the U.S., Britain and Australia, and the Quad grouping of the U.S., Japan, India and Australia, Yoon stated.

The summit on the Camp David presidential retreat was the primary standalone assembly between the U.S. and Japan and South Korea, as they search to undertaking unity within the face of China’s rising energy and nuclear threats from North Korea.

Yoon stated the trilateral cooperation didn’t exclude different international locations, and that it might contribute to freedom, peace and prosperity within the area and the world.

(Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi, Ju-min Park and Jihoon Lee; Modifying by Christian Schmollinger and Stephen Coates)

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