00:00China's sweeping territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea
00:04fly in the face of their commitments to resolve disputes peaceful.
00:08And I will say I welcome the dialogue, obviously, both our presidents, President Trump, Chairman Xi have had,
00:15both myself and Chongqing, here, the opportunity to talk is something we have.
00:20We will continue. Dialogue is important.
00:23But inside that dialogue, we are most importantly watching actions.
00:28We seek peace. We do not seek conflict.
00:35But we must ensure that China is not seeking to dominate you or anybody else.
00:41As ASEAN members, we urge that this group continue to work toward that code of conduct in the South China Sea,
00:48remembering that a code without the ability to back it up with action can just be empty words.
00:55Where threats to one are known by all, goes a long way ensuring that whoever is on the receiving end of aggression and provocation
01:04is then, therefore, by definition, not alone.
01:08In the last several years, we've seen a technological revolution in the tools that enable greater maritime domain awareness.
01:16No one can innovate and scale like the United States of America, and we're eager to share those capabilities with allies and partners.
01:27Unmanned aircraft and surface and undersea vessels are supplementing and sometimes replacing ships and planes for this task.
01:37These and other technological advances are creating remarkable operational impacts at lower cost and risk, your forces and our forces.
01:48I propose we work together to develop and field the operational concepts in unmanned systems that can enable greater awareness in the maritime domain.
01:58We're stronger when the tools and the skills that we have are wielded together.
02:05Minister Cicaba and fellow ministers, thank you for allowing us the platform and the opportunity here with this group to further the discussion.
02:14We're interested in hearing everyone's perspectives.
02:16I think it's important that this region hears from the United States, from President Trump, from myself.
02:21Yes, we are pursuing peace and strength.
02:25The compass we have is oriented on common sense, and we are implementing America first.
02:30But America first does not mean America alone.
02:33It means with our allies and partners.
02:37Hi, since you are here, why don't you talk to the local media this month?
02:41Are you happy with the meeting so far?
02:43What?
02:43Are you happy with the meeting so far?
02:45It's a beautiful country.
02:45It's a beautiful country.
02:46It's a beautiful country.
02:47It's a gracious house.
02:48And since it's local media, we've opened the chat.
02:50Thank you for hosting us.
02:51What kind of nuclear would you be testing?
02:53Oh, we'll comment on that later.
02:55Of course, we have very capable nuclear capabilities of testing.
02:59But do you think you have succeeded in regaining trust of all the regional partners?
03:05Well, I don't think we lost it.
03:06And we're very focused in the Indo-Pacific.
03:08We've been in a Pacific country for a very long time.
03:11We're never gone and aren't going anywhere.
03:13We're really proud of the partnership we have here at ADMN Plus and in ASEAN.
03:17Beautiful country, beautiful folks.
03:19We're glad to be here.
03:20Thank you, sir.
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