# US defense secretary pledges stronger defence ties with ASEAN

https://mins.news/en/video/119202

- CNA, 2026-10-28 13:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIicORlaVu0

> Washington reaffirmed its commitment to the Indo-Pacific at the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged closer ties with the bloc and proposed a US-ASEAN defence cooperation framework to guide relations through what he called the “critically important next several years.”

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