The White House in the United States announced that President Biden will hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida in Washington, DC on the 13th of this month.

Jean-Pierre, a spokesman for the White House, announced on the 3rd that President Biden will hold a face-to-face summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida at the White House on the 13th of this month.



The statement said that the talks would "further deepen the relationship between the governments, economies and peoples of the two countries", and that it would expand cooperative relations, including the "quad" framework of the four countries of Japan, the United States, Australia, and India, and promote a free and open atmosphere. We will continue to work on the promotion of the Indo-Pacific.



"We will discuss a variety of issues, including North Korea's illegal weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, Russia's nefarious invasion of Ukraine, and maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."



In addition, at the meeting, President Biden explained that Japan has revised three security-related documents to drastically strengthen its defense capabilities, and that this year, the G7 = seven major countries will serve as the chair country. I would like to express my support.



This is the first time that President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida have met face-to-face since November last year in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and this is the first time Prime Minister Kishida has visited Washington since he took office.