Tokyo, 1 April 2024 (TDI): The United States plans to host a trilateral summit between President Joe Biden and his Korean and Japanese counterparts in July on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington.
In this meeting, President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korea’s President will discuss the cyber threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Moreover, they are likely to discuss issues related to deterrence against China, North Korea’s nuclear threat, and countries involved in military ties with Russia.
Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said, “No schedule has been set for a US-Japan-South Korea leader’s meeting”. She declined the comments on the July 9-11 NATO Summit invitation to Fumio Kishida.
Japanese President Kashida and Korean President Yoon attended the NATO Summit in 2022 and 2023.
Furthermore, “In this summit, US-Led Security alliance has sought to strengthen relations with Indo-Pacific partners including Japan and Korea.”
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Cyber threat
According to sources, “they talked about the cyber threat posed by the DPRK, following the first trilateral working groups in Tokyo in December 2023.”
In addition, the Special Representative for the DPRK, Debevoise, Ambassador Naoki, and Director General Jun-il are in charge of that summit. “They work on the trilateral cooperation to break the ability to generate revenue through Cyber Activities, IT workers. This revenue will be used in the WMD and Ballistic missiles program”.
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Further, “US-Japan-South Korea will cooperate in the historic cooperation at the Camp David Summit. Engage partners and private industries on the DPRK cyber threat and build trilateral capacity building assistance efforts”.
