The Argentine Foreign Ministry has been informed that the U.S. team participating in the search for the ARA San Juan in the South Atlantic will gradually end its search efforts.
The Argentine Government recognizes the significant contribution to this search operation made by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, as well as by the Department of Defense, jointly with the Southern Command and NASA, which contributed with state-of-the-art naval and technological equipment, search systems, personnel and counselling and research efforts of great value in the search for the missing submarine.
The Argentine Government expresses its deep gratitude to the U.S. Government and to all the Departments involved in the search process.
Press release No. 598/17
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