Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Sean Parnell, provided the following readout:
On October 31, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with Thailand's Minister of Defence General (Ret.) Nattaphon Narkphanit. Both leaders welcomed the Kuala Lumpur Accords, signed by President Trump and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, and acknowledged the important role of ASEAN Observer Teams in maintaining a durable ceasefire.
Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the longstanding U.S.-Thai defense alliance and its importance for regional security. The leaders discussed opportunities to strengthen defense cooperation by increasing interoperability, enhancing industrial base cooperation, and expanding training in new domains such as cyber and space. Secretary Hegseth also welcomed the Thai Cabinet's approval for its membership into the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR), where it would join fourteen other countries in the multilateral initiative.