FILE - Philippines' Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. speaks during a press conference in the sidelines of Japan and Philippines Foreign and Defense ministers meeting at a hotel in Taguig, Philippines, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
FILE - Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, center, attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 16, 2023. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP, File)