US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce an “historic” agreement next week that will “upgrade” the two countries’ security relationship, deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday.
In addition to agreements that will bolster bilateral security arrangements while the Japanese leader is in Washington, the two leaders will announce “an unprecedented trilateral engagement” with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr.
“What you will see next week is both the culmination of a recent period of intense activity but also launching a period that really underscores that the US-Japan relationship is entering a fundamentally new phase that will both bring new capabilities to bear … [and] clear responsibilities” on how the two countries engage, Campbell said in a discussion at the Centre for a New American Security, a think tank.
