The White House announced today that it has invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit the White House in the second half of May. This is the second foreign leader to visit the United States after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, demonstrating the importance the Biden administration places on the U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance and its concern for Asian security.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced today that Moon will visit the United States in the second half of May. The talks will “highlight the ironclad U.S.-South Korean alliance” and the longstanding ties and friendship between the people of the United States and South Korea.
Sharkey noted that the denuclearization of North Korea will be the focus of the talks. However, the White House did not announce the exact date of Moon’s visit to the United States.
Joe Biden will hold a bilateral leadership summit with visiting Kan at the White House tomorrow, and the two are expected to issue a joint statement after the meeting. Kan is the first foreign leader to visit Biden since he took office.
Biden has been actively engaged with Japan and South Korea since taking office, and the first two face-to-face meetings between foreign leaders were given to Kan and Moon. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have also selected Tokyo and Seoul for their first trip, holding 2+2 high-level talks.
The White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan also held a tripartite meeting with visiting Japanese National Security Agency director Shigeru Kitamura and South Korean National Security Office chief Xu Kaoru in the United States recently, showing the importance the United States attaches to the Japan-South Korea alliance and its concern for Asian security.
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