Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (second, right) and United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (second, left) witness the signing of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Malaysian Ministry of Defence, Mohd Yani Daud (right) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for South and Southeast Asia, US Department of War J. Andrew Byers (left), during a bilateral meeting held in conjunction with the 19th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus).