U.S.-Japan-Philippines summit ‘lattice multi-layered security’ Yoon Seok-yeol’s NATO exclusion North KoreaJapan summit ‘supported’
The three countries, the United States, Japan, and the Philippines, agreed to ‘counteract the Chinese complex system through a multi-layered structure’ in the Indo-Pacific through a ‘maritime democracy and security economy’, excluding the ‘NATO-style security system’ of Yoon Seok-yeol’s regime and expressing Japan’s support for the North Korea-Japan summit.
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke of expanding the network of security and economic alliances in the Indo-Pacific at his first summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines on the 11th, and the White House announced the establishment of a 'grid moon' system.
President Biden told reporters on the 10th, "I have faith in Japan. I think it is a good thing to seek dialogue with him," Prime Minister Kisada of Japan said, supporting the attempt to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. .
Regarding the trilateral summit, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared on the 11th that "multilevel cooperation is essential" for the future of the region.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. described the trilateral summit on the 11th as a three-nation system "linked by deep respect for democracy, good governance, and the rule of law."
The New York Times said of the trilateral summit, “The goal is different from the goal of Europe, where countries came together in a single alliance called NATO after World War II,” and added, “Analysts say the United States and countries in the region will respond to Chinese pressure.” “In order to be able to confront each other, we have formed a smaller, overlapping partnership rather than a single group,” he said.
Lana Mitter, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, said of the tripartite agreement, "China is using a very powerful mix of coercion, international trade, and naval build-up," adding, "I don't think the United States, Japan, and the Philippines will respond to that kind of pressure." “We strive to show the ‘ecosystem of various allies who are trying to provide security,’” he told the NYT as a countermeasure against China’s complex system through a “multi-layer security economic system.”
When the Korean War broke out, the United States and the Philippines signed a military defense treaty in 1951 in response to China's provocations, and established a security and economic system in the South China Sea through this tripartite system.
A U.S. official involved in the summit told the NYT, “In discussing the meeting before it was convened, the South China Sea security issue was called a ‘pillar’ of the discussion.”
“Philippine countries will make new investments in infrastructure projects in the Philippines to improve so-called ‘high-impact’ projects such as ports, railways, clean energy and semiconductor supply chains,” officials from the three countries said in an announcement immediately after the meeting. “Japan’s renewed efforts to install wireless access network technology in the Philippines.”
U.S. officials described the tripartite deployment of wireless network technology in the Philippines as a “modernization measure aimed at improving wireless communications across the region,” adding, “new cooperation between the three countries on global humanitarian assistance efforts and strengthening cooperation between the two countries’ militaries.” “It was revealed.
Regarding the three-nation summit, the AP said, “It was a diplomatic honor to acknowledge Japan’s growing influence on the world stage as it was held following Biden’s one-on-one meeting and a sumptuous state dinner for the Japanese prime minister at the White House on the 10th,” and “Biden “Prior to the three-party meeting, the president invited Marcos to the White House for a private meeting,” he said.
White House officials told The Associated Press that the goal is to send a clear signal that the Democratic administration is determined to build a "lattice" of alliances in the Indo-Pacific even as it grapples with the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 4th, "As a global partner of NATO, our country was invited to the summit for the third time this year, following 2022 and 2023."
President Yoon continued to attempt for two years to have Korea join NATO and expand NATO's security system in East Asia.
On February 24, 2022, President Yoon said, "Ukraine had to quickly join NATO," and added, "This situation clearly shows the diplomatic sorrow of a 'non-aligned' country without an ally," and said that he supported Korea's participation in the NATO security system. revealed.