Senior US government insiders claim that amid growing worries about China, the presidents of the US, Japan, and South Korea will announce a number of cooperation efforts on technology and military when they meet this Friday at Camp David.
Although a formal security agreement committing the countries to each other's defense is unlikely to result from the summit, the officials said they expect it to result in an understanding of regional responsibilities and the establishment of a three-way hotline for emergency communications.
It will be the first of what US officials hope would be a yearly summit between the leaders of the three nations, formalizing their relations and collaboration.
Washington has formal collective defense arrangements in place with both Tokyo and Seoul separately, but it wants those two countries to work closer together given growing concerns about China’s mounting power and worries about its intentions.
“We are anticipating some steps that will bring us closer together in the security realm,” said one of the US officials, and that doing so would “add to our collective security.”
The summit is also anticipated to result in a joint declaration from the nations that will address concerns over China's ambition to alter Taiwan's status as a self-governing island that it claims.
According to one of the officials, the US, Japan, and South Korea would discuss sustaining stability and peace in the Taiwan Strait in their joint statement. It's anticipated that the precise phrasing for that and other measures would still be up for negotiation.
Although a formal security agreement committing the countries to each other's defense is unlikely to result from the summit, the officials said they expect it to result in an understanding of regional responsibilities and the establishment of a three-way hotline for emergency communications.
It will be the first of what US officials hope would be a yearly summit between the leaders of the three nations, formalizing their relations and collaboration.
Washington has formal collective defense arrangements in place with both Tokyo and Seoul separately, but it wants those two countries to work closer together given growing concerns about China’s mounting power and worries about its intentions.
“We are anticipating some steps that will bring us closer together in the security realm,” said one of the US officials, and that doing so would “add to our collective security.”
The summit is also anticipated to result in a joint declaration from the nations that will address concerns over China's ambition to alter Taiwan's status as a self-governing island that it claims.
According to one of the officials, the US, Japan, and South Korea would discuss sustaining stability and peace in the Taiwan Strait in their joint statement. It's anticipated that the precise phrasing for that and other measures would still be up for negotiation.
