A joint statement also said Washington would strengthen its extended deterrence policy for Tokyo and Seoul to prevent nuclear attacks on US allies with its nuclear capability.
Strongly promoted by Japan and the US, the Indo-Pacific concept has largely been perceived to hold the intention to contain the growing influence of China in the region.
The focus is whether the first summit talks between Japanese and South Korean leaders in about three years will lead to improvements in the chilly bilateral relations.
Their meeting at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, will be their first in person since Mr Biden took office, and will take place after years of increasing hostilities.
Along with the trilateral summit, a Korea-US bilateral summit was also confirmed by the presidential office, without details on the time and place of the meeting.
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The two sides are also expected to discuss North Korea’s ballistic missile launches and rising tensions over Taiwan.
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