Lee arrives in Washington on eve of high-stakes summit with Trump

WASHINGTON — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Washington on Sunday for a high-stakes summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, where the leaders are expected to discuss security, trade and other crucial issues that will likely affect the future trajectory of the bilateral relationship. Lee's presidential plane touched down at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, kicking off a three-day visit to the United States following his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo over the weekend. Lee and Trump are set to hold their first summit at the White House on Monday. The summit will come as the Trump administration has been pushing to "modernize" the alliance with South Korea, a process that could involve higher South Korean defense spending and a realignment of the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea amid Washington's drive to counter an increasingly assertive China. Along with alliance modernization issues, North Korea's denuclearization could also be discussed at the summit as the recalcitrant regime's nuclear and ballistic missile threats persist in the midst ofWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times