The president of United States, Joe Biden reached on Friday a agreement of a military and economic nature con Japan and South Korea which, without constituting a NATO in the Pacific, represents an important step to consolidate an alliance against the Chinese and North Korean threat in the region. Biden first met in Camp David to the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishidaand its Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk Yeolto ratify a security commitment that will see the three countries consult with each other in the event of a crisis or security threat in the Pacific, according to Biden administration officials.
The obligation to share information In any crisis situation, it intends to recognize that the three countries share “fundamentally interrelated security environments” and that a threat to one of the nations is “a threat to all,” according to the same sources cited by the AP agency.
This is an agreement that seemed unfeasible before the war broke out in Ukraine. But Vladimir Putin’s order to invade the neighboring country in February 2022 completely turned the international diplomatic chessboard upside down, giving China wings to threaten Taiwanese sovereignty and sparking fears in the US and Europe about a possible entente between China, Russia and North Koreaall of them nuclear powers.
The agreement between the US, Japan and South Korea now makes more sense than ever in the event that this “neo Cold War” scenario, as it has been described Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, worsens over time, especially with the constant threat of Pyongyang’s nuclear tests. Hence Biden’s satisfaction after scoring the goal of a similar agreement.
“Strengthening the ties between our democracies has long been a priority for me, since I was Vice President of the United States,” the Democrat told both Asian leaders in a pre-meeting session. “That is because our countries and the world would be safer” to maintain the agreement that they have just ratified, thanking the “political courage” that has led them to accept the meeting in Washington after decades of enmity and confrontations between the two Asian nations.