The leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea have spoken to reporters following a trilateral summit on Friday near Washington.

US President Joe Biden said, "Today, we've made history with the first ever standalone summit between the leaders of our three countries, as well as our commitment to meet together on a leader level annually, and to have all our relative cabinet member people meet on a regular basis from this point on. Not just this year. Not next year. Forever. That's the intention."

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said, "We will strengthen coordination between the bilateral alliances of Japan and the United States, and the United States and South Korea, so that security cooperation among the three countries will rise to an unprecedented level. We have also agreed that our troops will hold annual joint exercises."

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, "The missile and nuclear threats from North Korea have been unprecedented." He added that their countries will explore more specific ways of cooperating, such as sharing information in real time.