In August, the US President held a command-level meeting with the first men of South Korea and Japan. In the American Camp David talks, they agreed to deepen and expand the tripartite alliance.
The three powers have been brought together mainly by China’s expansionism, as they fear that Beijing will gain too much influence, which could also harm their security.
However, the eastern superpower, striving for global laurels, will not allow its main rival, the White House, to lure its neighbors to itself. Summits were previously held between Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo, but 2019 was not an example of this. But now this matter has become an increasing concern for the Chinese leadership, after Washington has expanded its relations in the region, so it is once again trying to organize tripartite negotiations.
High-level diplomatic preparations took place on Tuesday, as the two sides discussed the details of the upcoming meeting. He suggested that Chinese President Xi Jinping visit South Korea, where he has not visited since 2014. South Korean President Jeon Suk-yeol took office last year and has not visited China since then, but his predecessor also sought the possibility of rapprochement with Washington.
However, due to regional economic integration, a good relationship between South Korea, Japan and China is essential.
The three countries know that the commercial reality also requires them to strive to establish stable relations with their competitors. Recently, a survey was conducted on the position of South Koreans on this issue, and most of them supported the American rapprochement, and many responded that Chinese expansionism and Chinese violations should be prevented. Democracy has been named as a particularly important value in the country.
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