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Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida to announce ‘historic’ agreement upgrading US-Japan relationship: top envoy
With Marcos also in Washington next week, “there will be an unprecedented trilateral engagement between [the] three nations”, Campbell added. Biden’s summit with Kishida and Marcos will be the first of its kind for the three countries.
“I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, but I think it is fair to say that you will see commitments” on the part of all three nations involving “closer coordination and engagement in the South China Sea and elsewhere”.
Biden will host Kishida for a state visit to the United States on April 10.
When announcing the visit in January, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the two leaders would discuss “efforts to strengthen our political, security, economic and people-to-people ties” to improve Indo-Pacific security.
In a wide-ranging discussion about possible developments in the trilateral Aukus alliance – a military technology partnership between the US, Britain and Australia – and other security relationships that Washington has globally, Campbell said the US military needed to implement co-production of weapons with its allies.
How will China react as Biden readies for ‘Camp David’ with Kishida, Marcos?
How will China react as Biden readies for ‘Camp David’ with Kishida, Marcos?
Russia “has almost completely reconstituted militarily” with economic support from China, he said, and, like other US government leaders, warned that this relationship underscored a strong linkage between threats in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region.
“In the past, we have been … wary of certain kinds of co-production arrangements,” he added. “The circumstances increasingly demand that we work with trusted allies and partners even on the most sophisticated weapons that will increasingly be part of our combined arsenals.”
Avril Haines, director of US national intelligence, issued a similar warning in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee last month.
“Growing cooperation and willingness to exchange aid in military, economic, political and intelligence matters [Russia, China, North Korea and Iran] enhances their individual capabilities,” Haines said.
“Russia’s need for support in the context of Ukraine has forced it to grant some long-time concessions to China, North Korea and Iran, with the potential to undermine … long-held non-proliferation norms.”