China News Service, May 3. According to Yonhap News Agency, the White House Press Secretary Psaki said on the 2nd local time that US President Biden will visit South Korea and Japan in late May, and the United States has established strong relations with both countries. Therefore, there is no need to delve into the sequence of the visits.
Data map: US President Biden.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
According to reports, this is Biden's first visit to East Asia since taking office.
He will visit South Korea from the 20th to the 22nd, and then visit Japan from the 22nd to the 24th.
He will attend the South Korea-U.S. summit in Seoul on the 21st, and the U.S.-Japan summit and the Quad leaders summit in Tokyo on the 23rd and 24th respectively.
Previously, some analysts believed that Biden's use of South Korea as the first stop of his trip shows that the United States has given important significance to the relationship between South Korea and the United States.
Regarding Biden's visit to South Korea, which will focus on issues such as the possibility of South Korea's participation in the Quartet Security Dialogue, and send a signal to the United States to adjust its East Asia policy, Psaki said that the United States and South Korea have established a very important partnership and bond, but the United States, Japan and India The Australia Quadrilateral Security Dialogue will continue to maintain the Quartet mechanism.
Data map: South Korean President-elect Yoon Sek-yue.
Regarding the fact that South Korean President-elect Yoon Sek-yue has hinted that he will actively consider joining the Quartet when he is invited, Psaki said that there is no predictable content at this stage.