U.s. hosts trilateral meeting

According to a report, the president of the u.s. is meeting with the prime minister of Japan and the president of south Korea at Camp David on Friday. Camp David, situated in a military base in Maryland is a 125 country retreat built for the president of the u.s., federal government agents and their families.

Reportedly, the meeting is the first ever trilateral summit involving the three countries. According to the report, the meeting intended to be a show of force for north Korea and China is set to deepen defence technology and economic cooperation between the three countries. Reportedly, the leaders will establish annual military exercises including regular ballistic missile drills, and discuss new intelligence sharing agreements.

According to the report, they will take steps to set up a three way hotline for the leaders to consult in crises and will formalise the trilateral summit as an annual event. Reportedly, according to a senior administration official the meeting will underscore that a challenge to anyone of the countries is a challenge to all of them.