President Joe Biden met with the leaders of South Korea and Japan at Camp David on Friday. The trilateral summit “reaffirmed that cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the ROK advances the security and prosperity of our people, the Indo-Pacific region, and the world.”

Details: According to a White House press release, the new partnership affirms a commitment between the three countries to coordinate responses to “regional challenges, provocations, and threats,” “activate a data-sharing mechanism to exchange real-time missile warning data,” “discuss ways to coordinate efforts to counter disinformation,” and more. The countries also committed to hold annual trilateral summits to “share assessments on a range of geostrategic issues and discuss opportunities for further trilateral cooperation.”

Key Quotes: “America's commitment to both countries is ironclad,” Biden said, adding, “and my personal commitment to bringing these three countries was real from the very beginning,” Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, told reporters the partnership is “not a new NATO for the Pacific,” adding, “this summit today, this partnership, is not against anyone, it is for something. It is for a vision of the Indo Pacific that is free, open, secure and prosperous.”

How the Media Covered It: Outlets across the spectrum covered the summit moderately. While officials insisted that the partnership is not aimed at countering Chinese influence in East Asia (China is not mentioned in the White House press release), outlets across the spectrum were in agreement that it is.