The US - Japan - South Korea will sign a security agreement this year

Washington [US], June 18: The Japan Times newspaper reported on June 17 that three countries, the United States, Japan and South Korea, will sign an agreement to formalize the security partnership. The newspaper quoted South Korean Defense Minister Shin
Won-sik said he will soon meet his US and Japanese counterparts to sign the treaty, called the Trilateral Security Cooperation Framework.
"The priority will be to establish a system to respond more effectively, promptly and coherently to nuclear and missile threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," Mr. Shin said, adding that the parties are planning plans to complete the deal in the second half of this year.
The pact will build on content introduced at last year's three-nation summit, including sharing real-time data on North Korea 's missile launches . Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said he expected to have a "2+2" meeting, between the Defense Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Japan and Korea. Observers speculate that the leaders of the three countries, the US - Japan - South Korea , may meet this year in Washington DC, when attending the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in July. Some The opinion is that the three countries want to promote a binding cooperation agreement before the results of the US presidential election are announced at the end of the year. Former US President Donald Trump, while in office, was accused of causing a rift in relations with two Asian allies by narrowing or suspending large-scale joint exercises, as well as demanding that Japan and South Korea increase spending on US military personnel stationed in these two countries.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper