President Joe Biden will host the leaders at the secluded getaway in the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland on Friday . The summit is meant to serve as a show of force as the countries grapple with persistent provocative behavior from North Korea . It comes as the president has sought to deepen ties with allies in the IndoPacific amid concerns about a rising China . The leaders will establish annual military exercises including regular ballistic missile drills and discuss new intelligencesharing agreements . They will take steps to set up a threeway hotline for the leaders to consult in crises and formalize the trilateral summit the first of its kind as an annual event . The relationship between Seoul and Tokyo is trailed by decades of tension and mistrust including a dispute between the two countries over forced labor by Japan during its occupation of Korea . South Korea believes North Korea is preparing an intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM launch and other provocations around the gathering or the upcoming joint military drills between the US and South Korea set to begin next week . The gathering will also highlight Bidens mission of reinvigorating alliances in the wake of the tumultuous four years of his predecessor President Barack Obama’s tenure in office . Biden and Kishida have touted efforts to strengthen their countrys military alliance . The meeting will be the first time Biden is hosting foreign leaders at a Camp David retreat in the past . Biden has visited Japan and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in April. The gathering is expected to take place at the Camp David . The Summit will also include a visit to South Korea. The summit will take place in the spring and September. The meeting is expected. The leaders are expected to conclude on September 28. The Summit is scheduled to conclude at the end of September 29. The
Biden turns to Camp David diplomacy for first-ever trilateral summit with Japan and South
