“Our policy is based on cooperation, and for the first time in more than 40 years, our economy will grow more than China’s,” US President Joe Biden said during a press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in the capital Seoul. Our investment in South Korea strengthens the cooperation between our two countries, and we are working to deepen it in the fight against COVID-19 and protect the environment.”

He noted: “We are working to hold Russia accountable for its war with Ukraine, and the Russian war is an encroachment on international principles and the sovereignty of countries,” stressing that “we are ready, together with Seoul, to confront threats and challenges to security in the region, and strengthen the containment mechanism against North Korea.”

Biden stressed, “We are working to launch an economic strategy that includes the countries of the region, including supply chains, tax cuts and environmental protection,” stressing that “it is very important that we also have trade, economic and political relationships.” and we will work to expand our partnerships with countries in the region.” “We have proposed to North Korea to provide them with vaccines against COVID-19, but have not received a response,” he said.

Biden arrived in South Korea yesterday as part of his first visit to Asia to reaffirm his administration’s diplomatic and economic commitments to the region in the confrontation with China.

Biden’s visit, his first since taking office, comes as both Seoul and Washington believe North Korea is on the cusp of nuclear or ICBM testing, and South Korea or Japan is the second leg of his trip. Biden’s visit to Seoul comes just 10 days after Yoon took office.